People · United States
Matthew Sanders
2×2 · top 6.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023SAND17
Matthew Sanders has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.23, set at Wisconsin Championship 2025, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,614th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since July 2023, he has put 260 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.22 in July 2023 to 9.86, a 56% improvement. Matthew has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 2.23 | 2.85 | top 6.5% | 2,614 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 9.86 | 10.59 | top 7.1% | 3,958 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.03 | 23.48 | top 15.2% | 1,992 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.60 | 7.93 | top 17.1% | 4,625 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 5.24 | 8.02 | top 20.1% | 3,235 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 54.80 | 1:00.50 | top 30.6% | 4,874 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 1:38.98 | 1:47.20 | top 34.1% | 2,479 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 1:45.81 | 1:52.81 | top 39.9% | 3,261 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 31.19 | 38.09 | top 51.6% | 3,431 / 6,846 | |
| Clock | 16.57 | 31.13 | top 54.0% | 4,593 / 9,172 | |
| 6×6 | 3:34.84 | 3:43.36 | early days — 3 solves | 2,182 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 6:52.62 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,510 / 3,236 |
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
- 18 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.86 at Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025Five personal bests in one day at Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2025.
- 18 Jul 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.10 at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024.
- 7 Oct 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.02 at Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023.
- 7 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023.
- 8 Jul 2023First competition: OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023. A 23.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wisconsin Championship 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- St. Ansgar 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 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.
- Carter Kucala — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nathan Rahn — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kaius Young — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.