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Mathew Tan

3×3 · top 37.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2008 · 2008TANM01

Mathew Tan has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.30, set at Newark Head to Head 2011, puts him in the top 37.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21,412th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since March 2008, he has put 11 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.72 in March 2008 to 19.30, a 30% improvement. Mathew has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 37.9% of 284,439 all-time
19.30
signature single · Newark Head to Head 2011
11
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×319.3020.82
top 37.9%21,412 / 59,724

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

Princeton Open 2008: 27.72Newark Head to Head 2011: 19.3019.3027.7222 Mar 200819 Mar 2011

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.