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Franz Gerard Matunding

3×3 · top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016MATU01

Franz Gerard Matunding has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.06, set at Cagayan de Oro Open 2017, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 274th in the Philippines. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since May 2016, he has put 539 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.02 in May 2016 to 8.06, a 73% improvement. Franz has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time
8.06
signature single · Cagayan de Oro Open 2017
539
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×38.0610.70
top 2.9%274 / 6,270
2×22.223.74
top 6.4%230 / 4,257
Pyraminx4.866.15
top 12.3%329 / 2,621
3×3 one-handed18.0224.24
top 15.1%374 / 2,440
4×444.9350.85
top 18.2%456 / 2,135
Skewb5.246.87
top 20.1%308 / 1,320
5×51:35.201:49.99
top 31.7%365 / 928
6×63:55.474:07.96
top 63.9%218 / 298
7×76:32.427:56.83
top 75.0%224 / 275

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

Clash Of Cubers II 2016: 30.02Mindanao Championship 2016: 22.81Kubo Open 2016: 16.23Panabo Speedcube Challenge 2017: 13.12Maxx Open 2017: 11.04Bukidnon Speedcubing Challenge 2017: 9.76Tagum City Open 2017: 9.70Mindanao Championships 2017: 10.27Philippine Championship 2017: 10.55Davao del Sur Open 2017: 9.78Cagayan de Oro Open 2017: 8.06Davao Year End Open 2017: 9.79Mindanao Championships 2018: 8.83Cuber's Cafe Open 2019: 10.428.0630.0228 May 201630 Nov 2019

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.