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Matthew Liong

Megaminx · top 0.046% of 34,786 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023LION02

Matthew Liong has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 26.18, set at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.046% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Indonesia. Until March 2022, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 52 competitions since February 2023, he has put 1,949 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.58 in February 2023 to 5.92, a 53% improvement. Matthew has entered 52 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 0.046% of 34,786 all-time
26.18
signature single · Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026
1,949
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndonesia
Megaminx26.1829.42
top 0.046%1 / 341
4×421.5329.14
top 0.15%3 / 1,479
3×35.927.52
top 0.44%14 / 4,145
5×545.9054.12
top 0.82%5 / 624
Square-16.2910.74
top 0.99%4 / 308
2×21.452.75
top 1.9%38 / 2,889
3×3 one-handed11.7814.54
top 2.7%25 / 1,441
Pyraminx3.225.56
top 4.4%74 / 1,643
Clock5.996.82
top 7.2%27 / 391
6×61:57.292:08.22
top 9.9%18 / 183
7×73:45.233:49.20
top 25.4%33 / 154
3×3 blindfolded3:09.76—
top 55.1%179 / 347
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves—
early days — 3 solves84 / 166

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

Northampton Winter A 2023: 12.58NJIT Spring 2023: 12.55Empire State Spring 2023: 9.72PBs in Palisades 2023: 11.28GCU Spring 2023: 10.95Westport Warmup 2023: 8.82Mystic Cubikon 2023: 9.36Newark's On Track 2023: 9.66Pretzel Mania Summer 2023: 8.83CubingUSA New England Championship 2023: 8.62Hudson Valley 2023: 9.87Manhattan Mini C 2023: 8.22New York New Year 2024: 8.60PBs in Palisades 2024: 8.50NYU Winter 2024: 8.12Spring into Summit 2024: 9.05Newark Academy Spring 2024: 6.76Westport Summer 2024: 7.57Pretzel Mania Summer 2024: 5.92New York Championship 2024: 7.36An Afternoon in Nyack 2024: 7.47Flushing Open AM 2024: 8.28PBs in Palisades Open 2025: 7.89PBs in Palisades Winter 2025: 7.17NYU Spring 2025: 6.06PBs in Palisades Spring 2025: 6.54Summit Summer 2025: 8.25Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 6.26Lexington Weeknights IV 2025: 8.52Brookhaven Summer 2025: 7.77CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025: 7.75Westport Fall 2025: 7.18New York Championship 2025: 7.47Flushing Glow Autumn AM 2025: 8.05Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025: 6.91PBs in Palisades Open 2026: 6.17NAC Prep in Palisades 2026: 7.28Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 6.72Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 7.145.9212.5825 Feb 202314 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-25 Megaminx single — 8 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 1.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.