People · United States
Lincoln Matthews
3×3 · top 9.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022MATT05
Lincoln Matthews has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.49, set at Utah Championship 2023, puts him in the top 9.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,983rd in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since May 2022, he has put 336 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.89 in May 2022 to 10.49, a 41% improvement. Lincoln has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.49 | 12.07 | top 9.0% | 4,983 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.72 | 4.65 | top 11.2% | 4,486 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 8.05 | 9.42 | top 15.3% | 1,199 / 9,172 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.68 | 1:33.81 | top 19.8% | 1,567 / 9,537 | |
| Skewb | 5.71 | 8.19 | top 23.6% | 3,839 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 1:22.76 | 1:58.35 | top 23.6% | 1,662 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 49.33 | 54.65 | top 24.0% | 3,705 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 20.65 | 36.16 | top 29.4% | 1,937 / 6,846 | |
| 6×6 | 2:55.23 | 3:05.60 | top 38.7% | 1,428 / 4,262 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.66 | 34.26 | top 43.6% | 5,966 / 15,900 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:33.18 | — | early days — 2 solves | 960 / 2,128 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.98 | 11.67 | top 44.7% | 13,037 / 29,168 | |
| 7×7 | 5:06.06 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,562 / 3,236 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 48 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,548 / 2,059 |
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
- 11 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Utah Championship 2023.
- 19 May 2023Five personal bests in one day at Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023.
- 28 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at Utah Ice Cubing 2023.
- 22 Oct 2022Six personal bests in one day at Utah Championship 2022.
- 17 Sep 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.38 at Gem State Side Events 2022.
- 17 Sep 2022Four personal bests in one day at Gem State Side Events 2022.
Competitions
- Utah Snowball Bash 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Championship 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Utah Valley Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Summer Side Events A 2023 · 30 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023 · 19 May 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Utah Puzzling For Awareness XL 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Megacomp 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Ice Cubing 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Thanksgiving PBQ Tour - Lehi 2022 · 24 Nov 2022
- Utah Championship 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Gem State Side Events 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Back to School Utah 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2022 · 20 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Damian Wilding — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Isaac Myers — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Canyon Pettitt — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.