People · United States
Matthias Tam
3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019TAMM02
Matthias Tam has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.00, set at Westview Winter A 2021, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 812th in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since June 2019, he has put 398 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.14 in June 2019 to 7.00, a 42% improvement. Matthias has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 7.00 | 8.20 | top 1.3% | 812 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 32.05 | 35.83 | top 4.2% | 671 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 2.00 | 3.07 | top 4.7% | 1,891 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:01.01 | 1:18.13 | top 6.0% | 493 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.39 | 20.05 | top 13.6% | 1,755 / 15,683 | |
| 7×7 | 3:37.27 | 3:57.19 | early days — 3 solves | 636 / 3,184 | |
| Skewb | 5.56 | 7.15 | top 22.4% | 3,573 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.27 | 1:40.30 | top 27.7% | 1,912 / 7,841 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.16 | 8.75 | top 29.2% | 8,070 / 28,708 | |
| Square-1 | 24.36 | 27.37 | top 37.6% | 2,450 / 6,743 | |
| 6×6 | 3:27.70 | 3:32.06 | top 53.9% | 2,038 / 4,196 |
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 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Davis Winter 2026.
- 18 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Davis Winter 2024.
- 11 Dec 2021Three personal bests in one day at Westview Winter A 2021.
- 21 Dec 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.07 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019.
- 21 Dec 2019Five personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019.
- 14 Dec 2019Four personal bests in one day at Grossmont Fall 2019.
Competitions
- Davis Winter Weeknight 2026 · 26 Feb 2026
- Davis Winter 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Davis Fall 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Davis Winter 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- A Bruin Cube Day 2022 · 8 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- San Diego Spring 2022 · 16 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Westview Winter A 2021 · 11 Dec 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Grossmont Fall 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Mudd Fall 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Santa Barbara Fall 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- AZCubing Summer 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Nisei Week 2019 · 17 Aug 2019
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
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.
- Paul Mahvi — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Elijah Brown — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead once
- Max Park — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.