Yiheng vs Matty - Monkey League S5 E9

Yiheng Wang vs Matty Hiroto Inaba - Monkey League S5 E9
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Format/Scoring: Competitors alternate starting solves using the same scrambles. The faster head-to-head time wins a solve; first to 3 solves wins a set; first to 2 sets wins the match.
Scrambles: www.monkeyleague.org/matches/5/9
Click on the cube-looking box next to the times to see the scrambles.
Thanks to Hongyuan Fu and Peri Le Dain for judging!
Yiheng vs Matty
Streamed live at 9:00pm ET on November 11, 2023
#monkeyleague #YihengWang #MattyHirotoInaba

[@prakharlal9909]

This match must have been the world record match for the most +2’s

[@RWOT1M]

I dont think

[@tamelnv7048]

@@RWOT1M aight then which match?

[@ItsNotToshiro]

@@tamelnv7048 bro he THINKS. not confirm

[@maxxiong]

None of them even mattered lol

[@aztryx1737]

agreed

[@TSpoon823]

There's just something about Matty's solving that is just so satisfying to watch. Great match!

[@Marshbam00]

Yiheng is insanely good, and will only get better with time. It is good that he is constantly exposed to solving under high pressure, because he really needs an environment where he can hammer out his nerves. He is so young, he will have plenty of time to enter total domination of speed cubing.

[@table5584]

He’s still young, and still gets nerves. Once he hits 14 years old, he will be completely unstoppable, and be humble.

[@gdbeast3486]

@@table5584you can’t predict that he will be humble

[@BNSF4749Railfan]

​@@table5584Nor can you predict that he'll still cube in that time. Kids under 11 lose interest in stuff really fast.

[@dka5631]

yeah Leo didnt exactly age like whiskey.. who says Yiheng will?

[@gdbeast3486]

@@dka5631 Yeah for sure. Plus he’s gonna be growing for a while and when it starts to speed up that will mess with his turning and everything could start to feel unnatural for a while

[@fejiberglibstein]

Yiheng's faces are so funny

[@andymasterhand7612]

1:53 2:48 4:00

[@FortzapzTheKing]

Fr lol

[@khoupanhabothasmr]

DONT YOU DARE’ Yiheng Wang IS MY FAVORITE SPED CUBER OF MY LIFE YOU SUCK

[@khoupanhabothasmr]

STOP BULLYING YIHENG’

[@o8gurLL-vw8gl]

@@khoupanhabothasmr its cute at the same time xD

[@silasbreault]

I feel like this match shows what Matty is capable of. He puts up some incredible times at home, and now he has done so in a competitive format, winning against Yiheng.

[@CubeHead]

Matty is insanely good

[@JemilouZ]

Bro I’ve been saying this since 2021, Matty (in form) is the best cuber in the world. He has insane potential if he doesn’t lock up (which he often does) The same can be said for other cubes yes, but the degree of which lockups affect Matty’s times are way more significant than other cubers. A smooth matty is an unbeatable matty

[@yat_ii]

Matty is so underrated

[@zpccubing688]

And he doesn’t compete much, so he doesn’t have many opportunities

[@jimmythelightbulb7718]

Easily one of his best matches in monkey league history

[@brandontrue813]

In the solve at 6:38 - I think Yiheng's cross being off by M2 U2 M2 WAS ACTUALLY PLANNED. He had a super easy "x cross" into a super easy second pair with his solution. He was very ready for the M2 at the end as well. Maybe it was an accident, but after reconstructing the solution I think he may just be operating with creative solutions. This match really showed Yiheng is human. He's INSANE at his peak, comes up with creative solutions like that, but he had a handful of +2s that affected his results. I was super happy for Matty as well - he's been grinding super hard at a top level for 3+ years but his major championships this summer didn't quite pan out, not to mention past WR fails. It's epic to see him clutch up in such a high pressure match here! This is a great match length btw. Not like 1 set short, but not so long that I don't want to watch all of it.

[@austinplayz960]

yeh, and mattys reaction was INSANE

[@KPR888]

The +2s didnt affect the outcome, without them he still wouldve won and then lost. and yeah i also thought that as well it defitnetley was planned, he just did a ben cross in another video he does cross and then f2l and fixes cross with S' U2 M' U' M U2 S

[@BrinaSun]

@@KPR888Ben cross lmao benba ron

[@prakharlal9909]

Seeing this match fully it’s an amazing match and insane performance from both competitors

[@aztryx1737]

yep

[@astrospeedcuber]

Matty getting disappointed with a low-5 just shows how insane Yiheng is

[@thisisnotachannel8543]

Man, Yiheng looks better today. He's smiling and showing more emotions than before

[@ChevyRBLX]

Dude didn't u watched the whole video? Yiheng was dissapointed and sad.

[@thisisnotachannel8543]

@@ChevyRBLX i know he's disappointed, but he shows more emotion when he has a great solve. And now he also shows his frustration unlike before.

[@BrinaSun]

Well he’s a kid

[@notanonymousperson]

This is such a close match. There's something about this match that is so special, and it's nice to see Matty at his potential. I can't believe he can solve even faster.

[@Geniuscuber397]

I have just realized how fast Matty is Dayumm

[@HowInsane647]

i love how good these cubers are, especially yiheng and ive always wanted to meet them, you guys are legends

[@JokerKidHD]

I really like the confidence in Mattys interview. This match was insane. GG both of you.

[@dragonslayer7531]

This is the fastest I’ve ever seen Matty cube it’s so fast and consistent

[@Dagg361]

This was the most tied and exciting match of the league by now

[@SlightSmile]

It's absolutely unfair how fluid matty is. Hands down the cleanest solves ever.

[@aneeshassan7524]

I dont know how awesome is cubing, in the season 1 or season 2 , five second solve was the amazing solve and dream solve but in tis season 5 sec solve are leaving the door for both competitors

[@mikebozik]

Absolutely riveting! This is the best stuff out there! They are feeling the nerves. 😊😊😊 Great to see Yiheng smile. Matty, you are a good soul.😊😊😊

[@ItsQubic]

Can we just talk about the amount of GAN boxes in Matty's windowsill?

[@domm99]

longer matches always good

[@aizxensrq5076]

Favourite match so far....great commentary and great performance by both competitors

[@EstrogenCubing]

Okay this was one of the most amazing things I've seen

[@VladutDoesSomeCubing]

U know its gonna be a gr8 day when a new match gets posted

[@Allen-dv9vz]

I don't why people keep saying +2's affected the result. The first +2 Yiheng would have anyways won, and the 2nd two he would have anyways lost.

[@bachnguyentuong7676]

it makes him more nervous

[@fnfplays7511]

​@@bachnguyentuong7676no it wouldn't matter as matty probably wasn't even looking at yiheng's times the most of the time

[@bachnguyentuong7676]

@@fnfplays7511 so yiheng should be more nervous

[@fnfplays7511]

@@bachnguyentuong7676that’s not the point

[@thetwistedcube]

Marty’s turning got so much better

[@AsianVinny2013]

Marty

[@silasbreault]

Marty is great

[@thetwistedcube]

Autocorrect lol

[@birdyflyer]

This is how good you have to solve to just have a chance at beating yiheng 💀

[@fnfplays7511]

Yes but this also shows that against matty's capability even yiheng can struggle too

[@JulesCreteurCubing]

What a beautiful match !

[@ngviettuan4574]

Yihang has so much potential. Love you little bro, keep going

[@Onelemon1354]

6:50 yes, he did plan that for sure

[@r_dcube-er]

Best match ever seen 😱 And also yiheng's face was just like Funny 😅

[@austinplayz960]

matty definetly deserved this victory. He has put so much effort into cubing and he is one of the only contenders to dethrone yiheng

[@aduck4720]

3 words. Yiheng is crazy.

[@fatsquirrel75]

Matty too, plus 2s aside, the solves here from both were incredible.

[@wostin]

Absolutely mad, his tps is out of this world, his solutions extremely creative and his solves are just satisfactory. I wasn't a fan of Yiheng before this match to be honest, but he has shown to be an absolute unit. Still I'm happy Matty won, I was rooting for him.

[@aduck4720]

@@fatsquirrel75 Both were incredible this match

[@aduck4720]

@@wostin Mark my words, He is gonna break every single possible 3x3 record, which will be easy as he is insanely fast and accurate (mostly) And he already has average down. Matty also played amazing as his solves were much better than yihengs this match. Remember tho, Yiheng is still young, so there is so much more to come.

[@wostin]

@@aduck4720 indeed

[@EyalBor]

When 4.61 is not good enough. These guys are on another level

[@cubingforfun3191]

Yiheng wave at the end was awesome

[@jacobboydtabletennis9966]

Let’s go Matty! You’re insane!

[@maxenceleboeuf]

This is the most excited I've ever heard Phillip

[@CousinJamess]

best match of the season so far. matty was unreal. i always feel bad when yiheng loses though because he is still a young kid who probably isnt used to losing in such a direct way since hes been dominating for a while now. he needs to keep his chin up and remember its not all serious!

[@erika3262]

yiheng is def starting to look older! and like he's having more fun with solving. but damn this was such a good match wow

[@AlexMoreno-zj7po]

This my fave monkey league match

[@KingCuber1234]

Matty, how did you minimize your bad solves?

[@ananimatingcuber]

This has to be the most exited and loud I’ve seen the commentators

[@wostin]

Yeah, this match holds its hype even against the Tymon vs Matty Final of Season 4

[@Nine-gf2hd]

LETS GO MATTY THAT WAS INSANE SOLVING!!!

[@benjaminstacks644]

best monkey league episode ever

[@SevereCorrosion]

Absolutely insane.

[@ThePyraminxCuber35]

What a battle

[@GoofyCuber-dj4tg]

bro was flabbergasted as seen in the thumbnail

[@jyoon6700]

that save from Yiheng on the last solve was unnecessarily smooth

[@DavidvanDeijk]

Are you going to upload the vods to the monkey league channel

[@ctesvnnn]

Yihang needs to manage his nervousness and efficiency.

[@rostislavalenikov7749]

Feliks lost his "+2 God" title today

[@NMDanial]

Honestly I never would’ve thought that Matty could beat Yiheng. Congrats Matty! You’re really on fire rn

[@Realspicypepper]

Bro this was the craziest match I have ever seen

[@kosato_LBL]

Monkey Leagueはいつも私を楽しませてくれます、ありがとう

[@GWNITESH]

The best match of the season 🙃

[@Topcuber968]

THIS IN MY OPINION IS THE BEST MONKEY LEAGUE MATCH

[@alexjaja]

nice match :)

[@hernanperez3112]

Sin dudas fue el mejor partido de la competencia hasta hora. No pensé que maty le iba a ganar al niño. Mejoro mucho.

[@user-if8mo8ht9b]

Would you mind uploading the very first episode of monkey League, where Feliks competed with Tymon, a complete 100 sets of solving...? Maybe 5 years ago.

[@MrWeeds]

I dont know much about cubing , but other than Park never seen a young cuber like Yiheng .. What a delight to watch , all of them are great but those 2 stand out even for "outsiders" like me !

[@qbdf]

Matty still being as good or even better in these years just shows his dedication

[@prakharlal9909]

Was Matty using the gan 356 maglev?

[@infinity3034]

are you guys here for the middle finger footage? i couldnt find it lmao

[@pll__skip]

different match i think

[@jamescarter9944]

​@@pll__skipwhich one

[@hemmojito]

With this special competetive stress Yigeng is even gonna get better and more confident in the future. A good experience for him.

[@codyconnell6510]

All timer monkey league match. Yiheng is clearly the future, in the meantime he is pushing everyone else to their absolute limit.

[@freezyt8445]

Are there new rules on refing or someone scrambling the cube for them? I know in the past it was on honor system and theyd scramble their own cubes and then put them straight in the box, but Yiheng seems to have his parent helping out. Is he just doing that volutarily?

[@JessieDaRabbit]

Yiheng will need some time to recover…

[@theogoluboff]

the match with the best times ever

[@candyhuo4192]

Yooooo Matty Lets gooo

[@-XtraCris-]

One of the bests machts in the Monkey league

[@ainaka0001]

WOW. Matty is CRAAAAZY with it.

[@odreijohnpatajo]

That's great Matty haha🎉

[@RubiksCubeUnderrated1458]

With so much defeats from Yiheng I can smell revenge

[@Qubze]

Matty wow great job

[@calebnovick5561]

This is insane

[@CubeLifestyle]

This is the world record of +2's congratulations to Yiheng Wang😂

[@devil_66501]

Did u guys notice yiheng never used bigcubes or other cubes?

[@luisa1818]

I'm pretty sure Yiheng's +2's was due to the self-alignment of the gan's cube layers. They say it's hard to get used to.

[@feliciensteux5302]

when is the final?

[@user-jr7pv2ft5b]

i like these videos

[@anandsharma16]

that wave at the end by yiheng

[@TotallyFire]

Which cube does Matty use?

[@joshmclellan1952]

do you think the gan 12 worth it?

[@SanaOepsinSanaMana]

what cubes do they use?

[@jow_angelow]

Matty's shirt looks nice! Anyone know where he coulda bought it?

[@cms_samuel]

If you add all their +2's the time is less than my average of 23s

[@OP-pe4yc]

Best commentator

[@thf1933]

do they have assistants for scrambles? hard to imagine how this can be provided fair

[@madknownz]

Yiheng need to control his nerve

[@cubingkaran4894]

Match was awesome feeling sad for yihang 😢

[@oiei2767]

insane

[@thebettercampaign]

We must pray that Yiheng doesn't get scolded again.

[@wbcsneo]

Im happy to say I've never had a +2, but then again I'm a 20s avg solver 😆, but as someone else said, this has to be the most +2's in a single match surely.

[@thetwistedcube]

Yiheng insane

[@chancetokubo]

If i beat a world record holder, I’d celebrate like that too.

[@bananennob]

never saw yiheng get this many +2s

[@christineharness4151]

Omg these + 2s

[@ximenhyper]

I thought it will be blowout in favour of Yiheng, so really surprised with the result. 😊

[@ScrapFatherScrapSon]

These cube have a kind of their own it seems?

[@eric1073]

4.55 beat 4.61, that solve is amazing

[@syedayanata9765]

I love the killer look that yiheng gives 😅