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Kelly Mathesius

3×3 · top 30.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2010 · 2010MATH01

Kelly Mathesius has been competing for 17 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.68, set at US Nationals 2014, puts her in the top 30.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,479th in the United States. Across 13 competitions since February 2010, she has put 252 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 25.72 in February 2010 to 16.68, a 35% improvement. Kelly has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 30.0% of 284,439 all-time
16.68
signature single · US Nationals 2014
252
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.6819.56
top 30.0%16,479 / 59,724
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves46.33
top 40.9%879 / 2,040
2×25.477.81
top 45.0%18,153 / 40,951
Pyraminx9.2514.68
top 47.0%13,542 / 28,708
4×41:24.061:32.97
top 59.1%10,234 / 19,072
Skewb11.0614.23
top 61.1%11,267 / 18,907
Clock20.18
top 65.2%5,567 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed1:00.151:22.59
top 84.0%12,589 / 15,683
Megaminx3:41.86
early days — 2 solves6,922 / 7,841
5×53:55.79
early days — 2 solves8,605 / 9,401

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

Chicago Open 2010: 25.72Indiana 2012: 17.94UIUC Spring 2013: 18.16Lexington Fall 2013: 18.72US Nationals 2014: 16.68Lexington Fall 2014: 17.52MIT Fall 2014: 16.87MIT Spring 2015: 17.82Lexington Fall 2015: 19.35MIT Fall 2015: 19.13MIT Spring 2016: 19.7416.6825.726 Feb 201030 Apr 2016

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 her.

  • Tim Reynolds — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Tim Wong — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Sam Schultz — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 5 times

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.47 away.

Targets move as she improves.