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Matthew S. Cox

2×2 · top 64.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023COXM02

Matthew S. Cox has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 7.57, set at Cube Against Cancer Franklin 2026, puts him in the top 64.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26,724th in the United States. Across 12 competitions since June 2023, he has put 179 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 24% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:18.25 in June 2023 to 43.47, a 44% improvement. Matthew has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 64.8% of 186,767 all-time
7.57
signature single · Cube Against Cancer Franklin 2026
179
official solves on the record
24%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×27.5710.04
top 64.8%26,724 / 40,951
Clock26.9430.83
top 80.1%7,079 / 8,927
3×343.4749.57
top 80.6%49,384 / 59,724
Pyraminx16.1618.59
top 85.5%25,226 / 28,708
Skewb25.9035.93
top 95.4%18,278 / 18,907

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

Warwick Cube Day 2023: 1:18.25CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 51.18Rocky Top 2023: 1:03.24TN Speedsolving Winter 2024: 54.67Moonbow Mega Kentucky 2024: 1:06.80CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 1:02.25Appalachian Highlands TN 2024: 53.27CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025: 54.57Scenic City Spring TN 2026: 56.15Cube Against Cancer Franklin 2026: 52.61Cookeville Cube Challenge 2026: 43.47Scenic City Summer TN 2026: 53.1443.471:18.2510 Jun 20238 Aug 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-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
  • A sub-25 Clock single — 24,572 people have one; it is 1.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.