People · Russia
Matvei Kuligin
3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022KULI03
Matvei Kuligin has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.91, set at Munich Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 82nd in Russia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2022, he has put 494 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.98 in July 2022 to 7.91, a 72% improvement. Matvei has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.91 | 9.88 | top 2.6% | 82 / 6,475 | |
| 4×4 | 35.98 | 41.91 | top 7.7% | 88 / 2,080 | |
| 2×2 | 2.37 | 2.93 | top 7.7% | 245 / 4,782 | |
| 5×5 | 1:09.18 | 1:13.30 | top 11.0% | 55 / 941 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.90 | 6.47 | top 12.6% | 366 / 3,777 | |
| 6×6 | 2:06.93 | 2:10.24 | top 14.1% | 29 / 343 | |
| Skewb | 4.52 | 5.87 | top 14.6% | 220 / 2,264 | |
| 7×7 | 3:23.03 | 3:42.32 | top 17.3% | 33 / 270 | |
| Clock | 8.72 | 10.09 | top 18.6% | 90 / 714 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.97 | 23.14 | top 20.4% | 317 / 1,770 | |
| Megaminx | 1:23.70 | 1:35.15 | top 24.1% | 133 / 998 | |
| Square-1 | 48.43 | — | top 74.6% | 522 / 759 |
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
- 20 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Munich Open 2025.
- 25 Nov 2023Five personal bests in one day at Franconia Winter 2023.
- 18 Nov 2023Ten personal bests in one day at Rhein-Neckar Autumn 2023.
- 8 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Returns Munich A 2023.
- 1 Jul 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.26 at Vienna Big Cube Summer 2023.
- 1 Jul 2023Five personal bests in one day at Vienna Big Cube Summer 2023.
Competitions
- Munich Open 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Franconia Winter 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Autumn 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 10 personal bests set
- Cubing Returns Munich A 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Vienna Big Cube Summer 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing in HD 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Bretzel Open 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Franconia Winter 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Open 2022 · 9 Jul 2022
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.
- Alwin Rölz — met in 109 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Noah Kraft — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Patrick Hetco — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.