People · United States
Matthew McElvany
2×2 · top 49.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024MCEL02
Matthew McElvany has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.85, set at Berkeley Winter 2025, puts him in the top 49.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20,034th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since February 2024, he has put 123 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:01.17 in February 2024 to 34.53, a 44% improvement. Matthew has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 5.85 | 9.14 | top 49.3% | 20,034 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 19.31 | 25.38 | top 62.6% | 5,305 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 | 34.53 | 45.00 | top 69.8% | 42,201 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.21 | 17.11 | top 78.7% | 23,302 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 24.61 | 50.27 | top 94.5% | 18,150 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 2:46.34 | — | early days — 3 solves | 18,188 / 19,072 |
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
- 29 Jun 2024First sub-60 3×3: 46.13 at Oklahoma Championship 2024.
- 4 Feb 2024First competition: Berkeley Winter 2024. A 1:01.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Santa Rosa Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Yuba City Spring 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rocklin Winter 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XVIII 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Summer 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Oklahoma Championship 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XVII 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024
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.
- Charles McElvany — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sebastian Stone — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kenji Gipson-Nahman — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-15 Clock single — 15,373 people have one; it is 4.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.