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Matthew Zabala
3×3 · top 22.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025ZABA04
Matthew Zabala has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.37, set at UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025, puts him in the top 22.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,029th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since August 2025, he has put 32 official solves on the record across three events. Matthew has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.37 | 16.72 | top 22.3% | 12,029 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.53 | 9.29 | top 45.7% | 18,453 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.38 | 1:28.83 | top 57.8% | 9,986 / 19,072 |
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
- 24 Aug 2025First competition: UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025. A 17.07 3×3 single to start from.
- 24 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.37 at UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025.
Competitions
- Poly Cubed at Pomona 2026 · 22 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Sherry Tao (陶心仪) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Peyton Oxford — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Riel Gonzalez — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.37 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.