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Matthew Lee

3×3 one-handed · top 0.15% of 73,695 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017LEEM03

Matthew Lee has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 7.67, set at Waterloo Spring 2026, puts him in the top 0.15% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Canada. Until May 2015, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 63 competitions since June 2017, he has put 2,509 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.94 in June 2017 to 5.17, a 69% improvement. Matthew has entered 63 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 0.15% of 73,695 all-time
7.67
signature single · Waterloo Spring 2026
2,509
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×3 one-handed7.6710.11
top 0.15%4 / 2,620
3×35.176.35
top 0.16%11 / 10,392
4×422.5327.05
top 0.26%8 / 3,118
2×21.011.74
top 0.58%35 / 7,173
Square-15.688.49
top 0.6%4 / 952
Megaminx35.7439.04
top 0.75%5 / 1,375
Pyraminx2.063.25
top 1.3%43 / 4,858
5×548.6254.49
top 1.4%13 / 1,499
7×72:35.372:47.18
top 4.7%17 / 503
Skewb2.984.37
top 4.9%78 / 2,907
6×61:43.361:44.89
top 5.0%21 / 665
Clock7.007.62
top 10.9%76 / 1,029

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

Newmarket Open 2017: 16.94Pickering 2017: 11.18Oakville Limited Fall 2017: 11.07Pickering Spring 2018: 10.32Oakville Limited Spring 2018: 9.41Newmarket Open 2018: 8.88Battle of Waterloo 2018: 9.09Oakville Limited Fall 2018: 9.04Oakville Autumn Limited 2018: 8.64Ajax Winter 2019: 7.56Return to Toronto 2019: 9.24Newmarket Open 2019: 7.61Cubing in the 6ix 2019: 8.35Battle of Waterloo 2019: 5.75Leap to Barrie 2020: 7.64Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 6.45Battle of Waterloo 2022: 5.69Richmond Hill 2022: 6.13Ajax NxNxN 2022: 6.15Oakville Fall A 2022: 6.36Appleby Winter A 2023: 5.96Waterloo Favourites A 2023: 6.68London Winter A 2023: 6.17Pickering C 2023: 6.04Markham 3x3x3 Morning 2023: 5.47Guelph 2023: 5.90Southern Ontario Summer - Newmarket 2023: 6.53CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 6.03Appleby Summer B 2023: 5.47Rubik's x Speedcubing Canada All-Stars 2023: 6.08Ajax 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023: 5.84Appleby Fall B 2023: 6.50Pickering Favourites Fall 2023: 6.01Pickering Fall B 2023: 6.29Scarborough Fall B 2023: 6.01Pickering Favourites Autumn 2023: 6.12Greater Toronto 2024: 5.17London Winter 2024: 5.28Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers C 2024: 5.52Thornhill Spring 2024: 5.96Battle of Waterloo 2024: 5.77Ontario Championship 2024: 6.12Pickering Mini Morning 2024: 6.41Kitchener Mini Afternoon 2024: 5.98Wrap It Up Barrie 2024: 5.80Waterloo Winter 2025: 5.57Greater Toronto 2025: 6.33Mississauga Newcomers A 2025: 5.47Western Ontario Winter 2025: 5.96Pickering Favourites Spring 2025: 5.57Championnat Canadien 2025: 6.03Pickering Favourites Fall 2025: 5.69Western Ontario Winter 2026: 6.97Waterloo Spring 2026: 5.80Brampton Summer 2026: 5.455.1716.9417 Jun 201729 Aug 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-6 3×3 one-handed single — 4 people have one; it is 1.67 away.
  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.