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Mats Walker

3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2021 · 2021WALK02

Mats Walker has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.40, set at Rhein-Neckar Autumn 2023, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 108th in Germany. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since July 2021, he has put 1,886 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.43 in July 2021 to 7.40, a 35% improvement. Mats has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time
7.40
signature single · Rhein-Neckar Autumn 2023
1,886
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×37.408.64
top 1.8%108 / 4,109
3×3 Fewest Moves22 moves24.67
top 2.2%17 / 338
Clock4.305.33
top 2.9%11 / 634
2×21.692.81
top 3.0%141 / 2,875
Pyraminx2.966.28
top 3.5%79 / 1,987
4×433.8439.17
top 5.7%116 / 1,934
5×51:02.111:10.54
top 6.7%70 / 1,158
3×3 one-handed16.3119.77
top 10.9%141 / 1,314
6×62:07.622:13.04
top 14.3%61 / 586
7×73:20.903:30.23
top 16.6%60 / 510
Megaminx1:11.721:16.44
top 16.7%124 / 787
Skewb4.816.55
top 16.7%229 / 1,169
Square-118.0721.87
top 23.5%112 / 533
3×3 blindfolded2:21.682:53.85
top 40.7%125 / 343
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 14:48—
early days — 1 solve95 / 142
4×4 blindfolded16:09.00—
top 80.6%69 / 85
5×5 blindfolded33:13.00—
early days — 1 solve39 / 47

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

Bologna Summer Open 2021: 11.43Offline Schwyz Saturday 2021: 12.45Rhein-Neckar Open A 2021: 11.96Little Village Open 2022: 9.97Swisscubing Cup I 2022: 9.69Swisscubing Cup II 2022: 9.81Dutch Spring 2022: 11.18Lake Constance Cubing 2022: 9.92Swisscubing Cup III 2022: 9.73Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 9.39Swisscubing Cup IV 2022: 8.45Swisscubing Cup V 2022: 9.28Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2022: 8.80Swisscubing Cup Finale 2022: 9.08Chääswürfel 2022: 9.17Frozen Lake Constance 2023: 9.82Swisscubing Cup I 2023: 9.26Rhein-Neckar Open 2023: 8.04Swisscubing Cup II 2023: 8.91Wiler Würfel Fäscht 2023: 8.49OFFA Speedcubing Meisterschaft 2023: 9.11Swisscubing Cup III 2023: 7.48Swisscubing Cup IV 2023: 8.12German Nationals 2023: 7.92Swisscubing Cup Final 2023: 7.55South Germany 2023: 8.41Bavarian Open 2023: 8.00Swiss Science Open 2023: 7.53Rhein-Neckar Autumn 2023: 7.40Cubing in HD 2024: 8.667.4012.4531 Jul 202113 Apr 2024

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
  • A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.