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Mathews Farias

2×2 · top 42.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016FARI01

Mathews Farias has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.22, set at Spring Scramble 2016, puts him in the top 42.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,895th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since February 2016, he has put 41 official solves on the record across three events. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.17 in March 2016 to 5.22, a 27% improvement. Mathews has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 42.1% of 186,767 all-time
5.22
signature single · Spring Scramble 2016
41
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×25.227.64
top 42.1%16,895 / 40,951
3×328.8735.76
top 60.5%36,036 / 59,724
Pyraminx13.4628.38
top 75.3%22,305 / 28,708

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

Athens Spring 2016: 7.17Spring Scramble 2016: 5.225.227.1719 Mar 201610 Apr 2016

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 3.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.