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Matthew Tucker

2×2 · top 4.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2022 · 2022TUCK02

Matthew Tucker has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.90, set at Stevenage Spring 2022, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 298th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since February 2022, he has put 1,433 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.87 in February 2022 to 9.76, a 34% improvement. Matthew has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.90
signature single · Stevenage Spring 2022
1,433
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.904.68
top 4.1%298 / 4,895
3×39.7613.28
top 6.8%504 / 6,689
Square-113.4916.10
top 12.9%134 / 778
Pyraminx5.348.49
top 15.4%590 / 3,656
3×3 one-handed18.2921.79
top 15.9%297 / 1,851
Skewb4.949.49
top 17.7%420 / 2,421
Clock9.1011.63
top 20.5%282 / 1,232
4×451.481:02.45
top 26.5%594 / 2,071
3×3 blindfolded2:31.37—
top 43.7%178 / 311
5×51:54.372:08.77
top 45.6%565 / 1,151
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves—
top 51.8%210 / 372
Megaminx2:32.642:48.84
top 62.4%720 / 966
6×64:05.885:00.42
top 67.4%391 / 548
7×76:45.18—
top 77.4%376 / 459

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

West London Open 2022: 14.87Stevenage Spring 2022: 14.21Norwich Summer 2022: 14.17Lincoln Summer 2022: 15.51Droitwich Spa Autumn 2022: 14.68Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 13.68Essex Winter 2022: 12.84Lincolnshire Winter 2023: 13.76Wakefield Spring 2023: 13.41Stevenage May 2023: 12.53Bristol Summer 2023: 13.02Harrow Autumn 2023: 14.15Wakefield Autumn 2023: 11.39Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 12.56Stevenage November 2023: 12.48Stevenage February 2024: 12.43Manchester Spring 2024: 12.55Crewe Spring 2024: 11.75Wakefield Summer 2024: 12.23Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 13.29Wiltshire September 2024: 11.61Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 13.49Bristol Winter Open 2024: 14.46Hampshire Winter 2025: 13.10Manchester Spring 2025: 11.35Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 11.70Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 9.76Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025: 12.59Stevenage January 2026: 12.98Crewe Spring 2026: 11.77Sheffield Spring 2026: 11.65Manchester Cubing League - Second 2026: 11.40Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 13.18Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 10.589.7615.5119 Feb 202228 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.