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Ian Michael Matos

3×3 · top 52.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017MATO04

Ian Michael Matos has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.09, set at North Iowa 2017, puts him in the top 52.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30,905th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since December 2017, he has put 28 official solves on the record across two events. His 2×2 best has come down from 14.79 in December 2017 to 9.30, a 37% improvement. Ian has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 52.8% of 284,439 all-time
25.09
signature single · North Iowa 2017
28
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×325.0937.67
top 52.8%30,905 / 59,724
2×29.3011.87
top 75.0%31,040 / 40,951

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

North Iowa 2017: 14.79CubeIowa 2018: 9.30West Branch 2019: 11.029.3014.799 Dec 201710 Feb 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 9 Dec 2017First competition: North Iowa 2017. A 25.09 3×3 single to start from.

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.