People · Canada
Matthew Ma
3×3 · top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022MAMA06
Matthew Ma has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.74, set at Coquitlam Crunch 2025, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 409th in Canada. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2022, he has put 287 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.72 in May 2022 to 8.74, a 53% improvement. Matthew has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.74 | 11.46 | top 4.3% | 409 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.14 | 4.02 | top 5.7% | 367 / 7,173 | |
| Skewb | 3.20 | 5.83 | top 6.0% | 110 / 2,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.02 | 6.80 | top 7.8% | 273 / 4,858 | |
| 4×4 | 42.76 | 49.11 | top 15.4% | 392 / 3,118 | |
| 5×5 | 1:21.72 | 1:37.25 | top 20.5% | 238 / 1,499 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.52 | 1:28.28 | top 22.2% | 198 / 1,375 | |
| Square-1 | 18.23 | 20.26 | top 23.9% | 197 / 952 | |
| Clock | 9.96 | 11.55 | top 24.9% | 222 / 1,029 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.09 | 28.38 | top 26.3% | 568 / 2,620 | |
| 7×7 | 4:38.68 | 4:51.94 | top 44.0% | 185 / 503 | |
| 6×6 | 3:22.27 | 3:23.25 | early days — 3 solves | 277 / 665 |
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
- 3 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.74 at Coquitlam Crunch 2025.
- 3 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Coquitlam Crunch 2025.
- 3 Feb 2024Five personal bests in one day at Burnaby Basics 2024.
- 5 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Richmond Summer Open 2023.
- 21 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at BC Spring Solving A 2023.
- 14 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at Take Your Time Richmond 2023.
Competitions
- Coquitlam Crunch 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Richmond Rumble 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Burnaby Basics 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Richmond Summer Open 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- BC Spring Solving A 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Take Your Time Richmond 2023 · 14 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- UBC Odd Weekend 2022 · 11 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Richmond Open Summer B 2022 · 7 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- BC Cubing Springback B 2022 · 23 May 2022
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.
- Vianne Chang — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Kevin Matthews — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Luke Jankowiak — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.