People · United States
Matthew McClain
3×3 · top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017MCCL07
Matthew McClain has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.98, set at Middleton Meetup Tuesday 2023, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,066th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2017, he has put 150 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.57 in October 2017 to 9.98, a 26% improvement. Matthew has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.98 | 11.73 | top 7.4% | 4,066 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.80 | 4.29 | top 23.9% | 9,389 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 49.97 | 59.93 | top 24.7% | 3,775 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 6.32 | 11.47 | top 28.3% | 4,629 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:50.27 | 2:00.03 | top 42.8% | 3,487 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.91 | 38.09 | top 44.2% | 5,971 / 15,683 | |
| 6×6 | 4:59.95 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,270 / 4,196 | |
| Square-1 | 1:29.32 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,462 / 6,743 |
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
- 19 Dec 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at Middleton Meetup Tuesday 2023.
- 9 Dec 2023Four personal bests in one day at 5x5 on Madison Ice 2023.
- 8 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023.
- 22 Apr 2018Four personal bests in one day at Gateway Ravioli Spring 2018.
- 29 Oct 2017First competition: St. Boois 2017. A 13.57 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Middleton Meetup Tuesday 2023 · 19 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- 5x5 on Madison Ice 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Wisconsin Cubing Marathon 2023 · 26 Aug 2023
- OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Gateway Ravioli Spring 2018 · 22 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- St. Boois 2017 · 29 Oct 2017
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.
- Carter Kucala — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zeke Mackay — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ant Irizarry — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.98 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.