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Matthew Tan

3×3 · top 0.32% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019TANM01

Matthew Tan has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.68, set at Vegas Speedcubing Summer 2023, puts him in the top 0.32% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 214th in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since August 2019, he has put 708 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.30 in August 2019 to 5.68, a 54% improvement. Matthew has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.32% of 284,439 all-time
5.68
signature single · Vegas Speedcubing Summer 2023
708
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×35.688.03
top 0.32%214 / 59,724
Pyraminx2.367.32
top 1.9%486 / 28,708
5×553.9757.66
top 3.0%249 / 9,401
4×431.0232.72
top 3.5%555 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed13.5217.42
top 5.3%748 / 15,683
7×72:42.192:51.81
top 6.0%160 / 3,184
2×22.203.41
top 6.2%2,477 / 40,951
6×61:55.052:02.76
top 9.1%320 / 4,196
Megaminx1:10.661:23.88
top 16.0%1,096 / 7,841
Skewb4.836.15
top 16.9%2,677 / 18,907
Clock9.4111.77
top 22.0%1,702 / 8,927
Square-131.4744.64
top 52.2%3,421 / 6,743
3×3 blindfolded4:05.45—
early days — 1 solve1,440 / 2,092

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

AZCubing Summer 2019: 12.30AZCubing Winter 2019: 10.74AZCubing Winter 2022: 8.08Arizona Speedcubing Spring 2023: 8.79You Only Need a 3x3 AZ 2023: 8.74Never Stop Turning AZ 2023: 8.21Vegas Speedcubing Summer 2023: 5.68Cubing in Glendale 2023: 8.02Arizona Speedcubing Summer 2023: 8.12Bring the Heat AZ 2023: 8.35Prescott Cubing Winter 2024: 6.10Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2025: 7.73Lopes Up AZ 2025: 8.08Arizona Championship 2025: 7.40Arizona Championship 2026: 7.51Cube Against Cancer Arizona 2026: 6.42Prescott Spring 2026: 7.765.6812.3031 Aug 201919 Apr 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.