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Matija Higl

2×2 · top 8.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017HIGL01

Matija Higl has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.46, set at Osijek Open 2023, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in Croatia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2017, he has put 155 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.40 in August 2017 to 10.77, a 38% improvement. Matija has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.46
signature single · Osijek Open 2023
155
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCroatia
2×22.464.96
top 8.5%37 / 275
3×310.7713.55
top 9.8%43 / 360
Pyraminx5.978.50
top 19.8%54 / 201
3×3 one-handed35.2842.15
top 57.8%60 / 97
Skewb11.7715.02
top 64.9%84 / 119
Square-143.26
top 69.1%37 / 48

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

Croatian Open 2017: 17.40Osijek Open 2018: 14.48Croatian Open 2018: 11.99Osijek Open 2019: 12.83Osijek Open 2020: 10.77Osijek Open 2023: 10.8510.7717.4012 Aug 201725 Feb 2023

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.