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Matt Bahr

3×3 · top 19.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013BAHR01

Matt Bahr has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.63, set at Caltech Spring Open 2014, puts him in the top 19.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,581st in the United States. Across 8 competitions since April 2013, he has put 164 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.96 in April 2013 to 13.63, a 28% improvement. Matt has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 19.7% of 284,439 all-time
13.63
signature single · Caltech Spring Open 2014
164
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.6315.87
top 19.7%10,581 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed23.4127.47
top 29.9%3,867 / 15,683
2×24.305.77
top 30.3%12,066 / 40,951
4×455.821:00.95
top 31.7%5,025 / 19,072
Pyraminx7.5310.34
top 32.3%9,043 / 28,708
5×51:49.421:56.59
top 42.2%3,427 / 9,401
6×64:25.72
early days — 2 solves2,900 / 4,196
Skewb13.6815.76
top 73.6%13,884 / 18,907
7×77:06.62
early days — 1 solve2,553 / 3,184

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

Diamond Bar Spring Open 2013: 18.96Caltech Spring Open 2013: 18.62World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 17.87Caltech Fall Open 2013: 16.59Caltech Winter Open 2014: 15.33Caltech Spring Open 2014: 13.63Newport Winter Open 2014: 15.06Nub Open 2015: 14.4113.6318.9627 Apr 201317 Jan 2015

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 3.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.