People · Australia
Matthew L. Cornell
3×3 · top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023CORN02
Matthew L. Cornell has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.67, set at Tramsheds IV: Summer Sunday 2025, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 391st in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since January 2023, he has put 270 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.79 in January 2023 to 8.67, a 41% improvement. Matthew has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.67 | 10.58 | top 4.1% | 391 / 11,709 | |
| 4×4 | 40.24 | 44.22 | top 12.4% | 312 / 3,051 | |
| Skewb | 4.38 | 5.81 | top 13.6% | 352 / 3,534 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.07 | 9.02 | top 13.6% | 649 / 5,993 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.83 | 1:27.66 | top 17.4% | 230 / 1,356 | |
| 2×2 | 3.58 | 4.36 | top 21.2% | 1,617 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.02 | 32.66 | top 39.4% | 906 / 2,659 | |
| Megaminx | 1:50.33 | — | top 40.5% | 499 / 1,277 | |
| Square-1 | 29.51 | 31.26 | top 48.5% | 478 / 899 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 11 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing at The Cube 2025.
- 6 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.38 at Cubing at The Cube 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Cubing at The Cube 2024.
- 26 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubing at Tramsheds Saturday 2023.
- 22 Jan 2023First competition: Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023. A 14.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tramsheds V: Autumn Sunday 2025 · 18 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- NSW State Championship 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds IV: Summer Sunday 2025 · 9 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Cube 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Sydney Spring Sunday 2024 · 17 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Cube 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing at Tramsheds Saturday 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Warm Up Sydney Sunday 2023 · 16 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Marrickville Many May Open 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- North Sydney Cube Day 2023 · 5 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023 · 22 Jan 2023
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.
- Peri Le Dain — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Elias Chong — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Thomas Tinlin — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.