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Matthew Isabella

2×2 · top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024ISAB02

Matthew Isabella has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.24, set at Quabbin Spring 2026, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 492nd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2024, he has put 273 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.74 in June 2024 to 9.46, a 26% improvement. Matthew has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.24
signature single · Quabbin Spring 2026
273
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.243.84
top 1.2%492 / 40,951
3×39.4610.12
top 6.0%3,323 / 59,724
4×437.0940.97
top 8.8%1,321 / 19,072
Pyraminx6.1712.49
top 21.3%5,716 / 28,708
Square-117.4925.42
top 22.1%1,463 / 6,743
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves36.00
top 23.4%507 / 2,040
Clock9.8311.65
top 24.2%1,859 / 8,927
5×51:35.211:52.41
top 31.7%2,507 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed24.4031.13
top 32.6%4,259 / 15,683
Skewb8.0213.16
top 41.4%7,205 / 18,907

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Apple Cider Open MA 2024: 12.74Lexing-not-a-ton of NxNs 2024: 12.01Amherst Fall 2024: 10.84Ashfield Winter Open 2024: 9.95A Tuesday in Ashfield 2024: 10.64Ashfield Summer NxN 2025: 9.46Quabbin Spring 2026: 10.209.4612.7422 Jun 202423 May 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.