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Matthew Lanier

3×3 · top 23.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022LANI03

Matthew Lanier has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.81, set at FSUbers 6.0 2024, puts him in the top 23.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,896th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since December 2022, he has put 250 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.63 in December 2022 to 14.81, a 46% improvement. Matthew has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.8% of 284,439 all-time
14.81
signature single · FSUbers 6.0 2024
250
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.8118.75
top 23.8%12,896 / 59,724
Pyraminx7.0113.78
top 27.9%7,686 / 28,708
2×24.946.82
top 38.6%15,463 / 40,951
4×41:05.641:21.93
top 42.5%6,982 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed28.5332.81
top 43.2%5,834 / 15,683
Square-133.9853.05
top 56.8%3,752 / 6,743
5×52:33.993:07.88
top 67.7%5,916 / 9,401
Skewb12.5416.52
top 68.7%12,900 / 18,907
Clock21.6425.93
top 69.2%5,970 / 8,927
Megaminx3:36.16
top 85.0%6,793 / 7,841

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

FSUbers 3.0 2022: 27.63Holiday Open 2023: 23.16Cubing Knights IV 2023: 16.99Cubing Knights V 2023: 18.92FSUbers 5.0 2024: 15.89FSUbers 6.0 2024: 14.81St. Augustine 2024: 15.90FSUbers 8.0 2025: 16.69FSUbers 11.0 2026: 16.0014.8127.633 Dec 20227 Mar 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.81 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.