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Stepan Matveev

Skewb · top 2.1% of 73,281 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016MATV01

Stepan Matveev has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.25, set at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20th in Russia. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since January 2016, he has put 1,019 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.16 in January 2016 to 8.35, a 79% improvement. Stepan has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 2.1% of 73,281 all-time
2.25
signature single · Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2024
1,019
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
Skewb2.254.29
top 2.1%20 / 2,264
3×38.3511.59
top 3.4%112 / 6,475
2×22.344.46
top 7.4%237 / 4,782
Pyraminx4.466.23
top 10.0%279 / 3,777
Clock6.938.70
top 10.7%41 / 714
4×438.7945.51
top 10.7%137 / 2,080
Square-115.8318.95
top 18.3%88 / 759
5×51:19.401:39.71
top 18.6%118 / 941
Megaminx1:17.411:23.87
top 20.1%112 / 998
3×3 blindfolded1:27.743:32.73
top 22.2%47 / 310
3×3 one-handed20.9824.18
top 23.2%368 / 1,770
7×74:30.294:36.99
top 41.2%93 / 270
6×63:01.643:10.94
top 41.9%118 / 343
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves—
early days — 3 solves159 / 366
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 20:19—
early days — 2 solves81 / 98

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

Moscow Christmas Open 2016: 40.16SPB Championship 2016: 21.73Kalmykia Open 2017: 21.45Svetlye Gory Open 2017: 20.52Chak-chak cubing in Kazan 2018: 19.52Svetlye Gory Open 2018: 16.86Ufa Open 2018: 12.93MPEI Open 2018: 16.90CCC Open Moscow 2019: 18.73YJ Fest Moscow 2019: 17.30Volga Open 2019: 14.44Summer in Bishkek 2024: 10.96Welcome to Bishkek 2024: 12.17Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2024: 10.94New Year in Bishkek 2024: 10.49Central Asian Tour Bishkek 2025: 9.67Summer in Bishkek 2025: 10.46 Kyrgyzstan Nationals 2025: 8.35Winter in Bishkek 2026: 10.20Cubing Skills in Bishkek 2026: 10.90Kyrgyzstan Nationals 2026: 11.198.3540.168 Jan 201618 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.