People · Australia
Matthew Smyth
2×2 · top 44.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025SMYT02
Matthew Smyth has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.46, set at Tramsheds X: Winter Sunday 2026, puts him in the top 44.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,592nd in Australia. Across 4 competitions since November 2025, he has put 47 official solves on the record across five events. His 2×2 best has come down from 9.50 in November 2025 to 5.46, a 43% improvement. Matthew has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 5.46 | 8.23 | top 44.9% | 3,592 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 | 26.04 | 31.01 | top 54.9% | 5,941 / 11,943 | |
| 4×4 | 2:11.87 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,745 / 3,108 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:09.98 | — | top 89.0% | 2,337 / 2,685 | |
| Pyraminx | 17.96 | 22.27 | top 89.8% | 5,607 / 6,109 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Aug 2026First sub-30 3×3: 26.04 at Tramsheds X: Winter Sunday 2026.
- 8 Nov 2025First competition: Tramsheds VII: Spring Saturday 2025. A 33.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tramsheds X: Winter Sunday 2026 · 30 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds IX: June Saturday 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Cube 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds VII: Spring Saturday 2025 · 8 Nov 2025
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.
- Bryan Eng — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Emerson Owen — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aidan Smyth — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 151,957 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.