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Arthur Matthews
Megaminx · top 4.6% of 34,786 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022MATT06
Arthur Matthews has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 48.83, set at Glasgow Spring 2024, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 63rd in the United Kingdom. Until October 2010, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2022, he has put 454 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.69 in May 2022 to 9.57, a 56% improvement. Arthur 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 | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 48.83 | 57.32 | top 4.6% | 63 / 966 | |
| 3×3 | 9.57 | 11.99 | top 6.3% | 474 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.35 | 4.43 | top 7.5% | 519 / 4,895 | |
| 4×4 | 39.09 | 46.28 | top 11.1% | 258 / 2,071 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.21 | 1:28.44 | top 22.6% | 298 / 1,151 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.21 | 24.45 | top 23.8% | 444 / 1,851 | |
| 7×7 | 3:46.08 | 4:10.64 | top 25.7% | 123 / 459 | |
| Clock | 11.23 | 14.23 | top 31.2% | 411 / 1,232 | |
| Skewb | 6.72 | 10.91 | top 31.4% | 746 / 2,421 | |
| 6×6 | 2:43.74 | 2:55.13 | top 32.8% | 190 / 548 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.85 | 10.57 | top 35.0% | 1,408 / 3,656 | |
| Square-1 | 27.09 | 35.58 | top 43.7% | 385 / 778 |
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
- 2 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.57 at Glasgow Spring 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at Glasgow Spring 2024.
- 22 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Glasgow Autumn 2023.
- 29 Jul 2023Eleven personal bests in one day at North Highlands Summer 2023.
- 26 May 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Glasgow Spring 2023.
- 4 Mar 2023Five personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Spring 2023.
Competitions
- Glasgow Side Events Autumn 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Glasgow Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow Autumn 2023 · 22 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- North Highlands Summer 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 11 personal bests set
- Glasgow Spring 2023 · 26 May 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Spring 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Glasgow Winter 2023 · 27 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow Open 2022 · 28 May 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.
- Bella Campbell — met in 100 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Mathis Engelbrecht — met in 91 rounds, finished ahead 62 times
- Eleanor Sinnott — met in 91 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
Next targets
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 8.83 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.