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Matthew Sheerin

3×3 blindfolded · top 7.3% of 12,178 all-time · competing since July 2009 · 2009SHEE01

Matthew Sheerin has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 41.59, set at North London Open 2016, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in the United Kingdom. Until August 2009, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 41 competitions since July 2009, he has put 1,205 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.28 in July 2009 to 10.01, a 48% improvement. Matthew has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 7.3% of 12,178 all-time
41.59
signature single · North London Open 2016
1,205
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×3 blindfolded41.591:00.47
top 7.3%37 / 311
3×310.0112.85
top 7.5%547 / 6,689
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves29.00
top 8.0%38 / 372
4×438.6645.72
top 10.5%245 / 2,071
4×4 blindfolded3:58.26—
top 14.5%19 / 84
Square-114.2619.45
top 14.7%151 / 778
3×3 Multi-Blind14 of 17 cubes · 57:30—
top 15.2%35 / 126
2×23.103.81
top 15.4%912 / 4,895
5×5 blindfolded8:28.61—
top 15.7%10 / 50
5×51:19.311:25.81
top 18.6%245 / 1,151
Skewb5.598.48
top 22.6%521 / 2,421
Megaminx1:24.471:34.34
top 24.6%284 / 966
3×3 one-handed21.5925.60
top 24.8%460 / 1,851
Pyraminx6.779.75
top 26.0%1,026 / 3,656
6×62:39.442:51.89
top 30.4%182 / 548
7×74:10.884:21.96
top 34.6%164 / 459
Clock13.6617.05
top 42.4%566 / 1,232

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

UK Masters 2009: 19.28UK Open 2010: 13.96Guildford Summer Open 2011: 14.22Weston-super-Mare 2012: 12.80Edinburgh Open 2013: 12.50Cambridge Open 2013: 13.03Guildford Open 2013: 13.64UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 12.67Welwyn Garden City Open 2014: 14.29ABHC 2014: 12.81Edinburgh Spring 2015: 11.21North London Open 2016: 11.34Macclesfield Open 2016: 10.87August Bank Holiday Competition 2018: 12.15UK Championship 2018: 10.01UK Championship 2019: 11.54Glasgow Open 2022: 12.03Glasgow Winter 2023: 12.52Glasgow Spring 2023: 12.90Glasgow Autumn 2023: 12.42Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 12.34Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 12.03Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 11.0710.0119.2811 Jul 200928 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-40 3×3 blindfolded single — 826 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.