People · United States
Matthew Soules
2×2 · top 34.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024SOUL01
Matthew Soules has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.65, set at Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025, puts him in the top 34.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,894th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since June 2024, he has put 130 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.44 in June 2024 to 20.28, a 43% improvement. Matthew has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 4.65 | 7.89 | top 34.9% | 13,894 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 12.98 | 17.41 | top 39.6% | 3,145 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 | 20.28 | 22.96 | top 40.7% | 23,173 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 9.74 | 11.43 | top 53.3% | 9,629 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.94 | 15.14 | top 60.1% | 17,667 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 4:47.06 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,635 / 7,841 |
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 Aug 2025Six personal bests in one day at Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Warm Up Seattle 2025.
- 9 Nov 2024First sub-30 3×3: 21.68 at Olympia Fall 2024.
- 9 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Olympia Fall 2024.
- 7 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Kent Summer 2024.
- 28 Jun 2024First competition: CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024. A 35.44 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Warm Up Seattle 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Olympia Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Kent Summer 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024
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.
- Gabriel Goit — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Mauricio Antonio Escobar III — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Sebastian Valdes — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-12 Clock single — 11,202 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.