People · United States
Matthew Perschall
3×3 · top 10.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017PERS01
Matthew Perschall has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.84, set at Bayou Back to School 2018, puts him in the top 10.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,424th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since February 2017, he has put 616 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.09 in February 2017 to 10.84, a 33% improvement. Matthew has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 10.84 | 13.11 | top 10.0% | 5,424 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.68 | 7.43 | top 11.3% | 2,938 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.40 | 5.04 | top 19.0% | 7,440 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 46.89 | 55.22 | top 20.7% | 3,141 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 18.22 | 27.23 | top 23.9% | 1,577 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.09 | 26.17 | top 31.7% | 4,119 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:52.88 | 1:58.91 | top 42.0% | 3,049 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.53 | 2:04.07 | top 43.7% | 3,581 / 9,401 |
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
- 9 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bayou Big Cubes 2024.
- 11 Aug 2018Four personal bests in one day at Bayou Back to School 2018.
- 31 Mar 2018Four personal bests in one day at Cubalaya 2018.
- 6 Jan 2018Four personal bests in one day at South East Texas Open 2018.
- 22 Jul 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.79 at Cajun Cube Clash 2017.
- 25 Feb 2017First competition: All Aboard 2017. A 16.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Puzzles in Pottsville Spring 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- New Orleans 2024 · 2 Nov 2024
- Fleur-de-Lis Fall LA 2024 · 14 Sep 2024
- Bayou Big Cubes 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Baton Rouge Winter 2024 · 5 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Fleur-de-Lis Fall LA 2023 · 24 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bayou Big Cubes 2023 · 4 Mar 2023
- Lafayette Fall 2019 · 9 Nov 2019
- Acadiana Classic 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cubalaya 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Fleur-de-lis Fall 2018 · 17 Nov 2018
- Bayou Back to School 2018 · 11 Aug 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Cajun Cube Clash 2018 · 23 Jun 2018
- Cubalaya 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- South East Texas Open 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Cajun Cube Clash 2017 · 22 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- All Aboard 2017 · 25 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Ordway Persyn — met in 113 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- RJ Gohn — met in 112 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Teri McAcy — met in 100 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.