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Matthew McConaha

3×3 · top 14.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2008 · 2008MCCO01

Matthew McConaha has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.28, set at Ohio State Winter 2026, puts him in the top 14.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,948th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since May 2008, he has put 163 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.19 in May 2008 to 12.28, a 39% improvement. Matthew has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.9% of 284,439 all-time
12.28
signature single · Ohio State Winter 2026
163
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.2814.87
top 14.9%7,948 / 59,724
3×3 blindfolded1:53.552:34.56
top 31.2%643 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves38.00
top 33.6%738 / 2,040
3×3 one-handed26.2933.93
top 37.6%4,994 / 15,683
4×41:02.001:08.61
top 38.6%6,263 / 19,072
Clock12.7815.86
top 38.7%3,069 / 8,927
2×24.967.05
top 38.8%15,566 / 40,951
5×51:56.251:59.18
top 46.9%3,898 / 9,401
Megaminx2:05.992:46.68
top 49.1%3,655 / 7,841
Skewb10.0614.01
top 55.3%10,042 / 18,907
Pyraminx10.3311.18
top 55.6%16,248 / 28,708
4×4 blindfolded13:15.00
early days — 3 solves294 / 440
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 4 cubes · 21:01
early days — 3 solves560 / 731
7×76:45.54
early days — 2 solves2,420 / 3,184
6×64:42.41
early days — 1 solve3,093 / 4,196

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

Cincinnati Spring Open 2008: 20.19Cincinnati Summer Open 2008: 19.30Queen City 2016: 15.84ChicaGhosts 2017: 13.80Ohio State Winter 2026: 12.2812.2820.1931 May 200817 Jan 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
  • A sub-1:30 3×3 blindfolded single — 2,810 people have one; it is 23.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.