People · Ukraine
Matvii Pais
3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022PAIS01
Matvii Pais has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.60, set at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 70th in Ukraine. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since August 2022, he has put 778 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.80 in August 2022 to 7.60, a 36% improvement. Matvii has entered 14 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 | Ukraine | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.60 | 9.13 | top 2.1% | 70 / 2,868 | |
| 2×2 | 1.98 | 2.82 | top 4.6% | 98 / 1,894 | |
| 4×4 | 34.48 | 37.49 | top 6.2% | 62 / 867 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.91 | 5.05 | top 7.2% | 133 / 1,471 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.18 | 17.86 | top 8.5% | 76 / 755 | |
| Square-1 | 12.33 | 17.69 | top 10.5% | 29 / 302 | |
| 5×5 | 1:10.17 | 1:18.22 | top 11.7% | 54 / 425 | |
| Skewb | 4.52 | 6.62 | top 14.6% | 131 / 884 | |
| Clock | 8.69 | 9.82 | top 18.5% | 62 / 347 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.82 | 1:41.68 | top 28.1% | 114 / 424 | |
| 6×6 | 2:51.42 | 3:12.42 | top 36.8% | 64 / 169 |
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
- 22 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025.
- 20 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at North Star Cubing Challenge 2024.
- 30 Sep 2023Five personal bests in one day at North Woods 2023.
- 22 Jul 2023Five personal bests in one day at Sioux Falls Saturday 2023.
- 27 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at Minnesota Cube Melt 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Minnesota Slice 2023.
Competitions
- Minnesota Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Minnesota Championship 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing on Lake Superior 2024 · 22 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rosemount Big Cubes 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Side Events Minnesota 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- North Woods 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Sioux Falls Saturday 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Minnesota Slice 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- SPAMtown Cubing 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- U24 Open September 2022 · 18 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- NxN Minnesota 2022 · 14 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Nathan Rahn — met in 142 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Carter Kucala — met in 142 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nathan Phillips — met in 131 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.