People · United States
Matthew Wilcox
3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018WILC01
Matthew Wilcox has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.92, set at UCSD Winter 2024, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,611th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2018, he has put 254 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.94 in April 2018 to 8.92, a 57% improvement. Matthew has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.92 | 11.80 | top 4.7% | 2,611 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.37 | 3.42 | top 7.7% | 3,031 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.89 | 7.64 | top 19.2% | 5,110 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.64 | 21.09 | top 19.5% | 2,513 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 46.91 | 56.71 | top 20.7% | 3,146 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.37 | 1:46.22 | top 32.6% | 2,585 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 13.21 | 15.17 | top 40.5% | 3,226 / 8,927 | |
| 6×6 | 4:05.67 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,626 / 4,196 | |
| Square-1 | 42.33 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,485 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 14.59 | 15.54 | top 76.9% | 14,654 / 18,907 |
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
- 7 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at UCSD Winter 2024.
- 17 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at Agoura Cubing 2023.
- 31 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at San Diego Summer 2019.
- 2 Feb 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at Mudd Winter 2019.
- 2 Feb 2019Four personal bests in one day at Mudd Winter 2019.
- 12 May 2018First sub-20 3×3: 13.53 at Thanks for the InFive 2018.
Competitions
- UCSD Winter 2024 · 7 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rialto Cubing Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Agoura Cubing 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Mudd Winter 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- San Diego Summer 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Mudd Winter 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Skillcon 2018 · 14 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- LA Blind Cube Day 2018 · 3 Nov 2018
- West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018 · 11 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Thanks for the InFive 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Cerritos Open 2018 · 14 Apr 2018
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.
- Margot Audero — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Michael Young — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Elijah Brown — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.