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Matthew Low

3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017LOWM01

Matthew Low has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.44, set at Lopes Up AZ 2026, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,132nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since May 2017, he has put 928 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.11 in May 2017 to 7.44, an 81% improvement. Matthew has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time
7.44
signature single · Lopes Up AZ 2026
928
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.449.25
top 1.9%1,132 / 59,724
2×21.613.05
top 2.6%1,033 / 40,951
4×431.8141.10
top 4.0%648 / 19,072
3×3 blindfolded41.101:12.59
top 7.1%140 / 2,092
3×3 one-handed17.2022.63
top 13.1%1,690 / 15,683
5×51:13.391:23.94
top 14.1%1,078 / 9,401
3×3 Multi-Blind11 of 12 cubes · 52:07—
early days — 2 solves118 / 731
Skewb5.5214.05
top 22.1%3,522 / 18,907
Square-117.8020.76
top 22.9%1,513 / 6,743
Megaminx1:22.281:31.59
top 23.3%1,597 / 7,841
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves—
top 23.4%507 / 2,040
Pyraminx6.578.92
top 24.4%6,651 / 28,708
6×62:41.203:05.21
top 31.4%1,111 / 4,196
Clock13.3816.25
top 41.2%3,289 / 8,927
5×5 blindfolded20:19.00—
early days — 2 solves139 / 218
7×75:38.93—
early days — 3 solves1,863 / 3,184
4×4 blindfolded12:16.00—
early days — 1 solve280 / 440

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

Cubing Comp at Hamilton 2017: 39.11AZCubing Hamilton Fall 2017: 23.49AZCubing Summer 2018: 18.27AZCubing Open 2018: 14.23AZCubing Spring 2019: 11.38AZCubing Summer 2019: 11.52AZCubing Winter 2019: 10.38CubingUSA Western Championship 2021: 10.46AZCubing Summer 2022: 8.19You Only Need a 3x3 AZ 2023: 7.66Cubing in Glendale 2023: 8.68Bring the Heat AZ 2023: 9.27Prescott Cubing Winter 2024: 8.19Arizona Championship 2024: 9.30Bring the Heat AZ 2024: 9.08Prescott Winter 2025: 8.75Lopes Up AZ 2025: 8.98Cubing at the Peak AZ 2025: 8.38Arizona Championship 2025: 9.31Square-1 Showdown AZ 2025: 9.27Bring the Heat AZ 2025: 8.65Arizona Favorites 2025: 9.02Frost-Free Favorites AZ 2025: 8.35Arizona Championship 2026: 9.07Lopes Up AZ 2026: 7.44Cube Against Cancer Arizona 2026: 8.86Bring the Heat AZ 2026: 8.327.4439.1113 May 201718 Jul 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 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.44 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.