People · United States
Matthias Braley
Clock · top 5.0% of 32,817 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023BRAL01
Matthias Braley has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 5.23, set at West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 408th in the United States. Until April 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since July 2023, he has put 412 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.13 in July 2023 to 10.78, a 24% improvement. Matthias has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 5.23 | 7.24 | top 5.0% | 408 / 9,172 | |
| 4×4 | 34.75 | 39.75 | top 6.6% | 1,024 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 58.14 | 1:07.09 | top 9.1% | 647 / 8,026 | |
| 2×2 | 2.52 | 3.80 | top 9.2% | 3,653 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 10.78 | 12.18 | top 9.9% | 5,423 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.63 | 8.53 | top 11.0% | 2,907 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.62 | 24.83 | top 14.2% | 1,864 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.82 | 1:30.49 | top 14.5% | 1,126 / 9,537 | |
| Skewb | 6.00 | 10.91 | top 25.8% | 4,246 / 19,164 | |
| Square-1 | 21.30 | 27.13 | top 31.0% | 2,034 / 6,846 | |
| 6×6 | 4:27.05 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,960 / 4,262 |
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
- 29 Aug 2025Seven personal bests in one day at West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025.
- 28 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at Arizona Autumn 2024.
- 2 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Western Championship 2024.
- 18 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Arizona Championship 2024.
- 15 Jul 2023First competition: Arizona Speedcubing Summer 2023. A 14.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Arizona Favorites 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rocky Mountain Championship 2025 · 24 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025 · 29 Aug 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Megaminx Madness AZ 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Arizona Autumn 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Bring the Heat AZ 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Arizona Championship 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Arizona Favorites 2024 · 10 Feb 2024
- Sonoran Side Events 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Arizona Speedcubing Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023
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.
- Jeremy Bulambot — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Mia Sponseller — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Dan Tran — met in 53 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,444 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 4.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.