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Matt Gaston

3×3 · top 15.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015GAST01

Matt Gaston has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.58, set at Cambridge Open 2018, puts him in the top 15.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,085th in the United Kingdom. Across 25 competitions since April 2015, he has put 614 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.05 in April 2015 to 12.58, a 48% improvement. Matt has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.9% of 284,439 all-time
12.58
signature single · Cambridge Open 2018
614
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×312.5814.89
top 15.9%1,085 / 6,689
2×24.235.65
top 29.5%1,573 / 4,895
Skewb6.8111.89
top 32.2%763 / 2,421
4×456.771:02.56
top 32.8%735 / 2,071
3×3 one-handed25.7634.38
top 36.2%645 / 1,851
Pyraminx8.0411.17
top 36.5%1,463 / 3,656
5×52:03.952:13.71
top 51.7%641 / 1,151
Clock17.8221.24
top 58.2%753 / 1,232
Megaminx3:18.89—
top 80.5%883 / 966
7×77:56.55—
early days — 1 solve423 / 459

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

Welcome Back to Guildford 2015: 24.05The Glorious North 2015: 21.36Cuthberts Open 2015: 19.38UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 18.11Tulip Open 2016: 13.08Exeter Open 2016: 16.66Macclesfield Open 2016: 15.79Guildford Open 2016: 15.23UK Championship 2016: 13.99World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 15.38August Bank Holiday Competition 2017: 14.76Guildford Open 2017: 13.16UK Championship 2017: 14.13Welsh Open 2018: 15.89High Wycombe Open 2018: 16.15Stratford-upon-Avon Open 2018: 14.49UK Championship 2018: 14.09Weston-super-Mare Open 2018: 15.10Cambridge Open 2018: 12.58Fontwell Open 2019: 12.73London Open 2019: 15.43UK Championship 2019: 15.58Guildford Open 2020: 13.87Fontwell Open 2020: 14.13Manchester Open 2020: 14.1312.5824.0511 Apr 201514 Mar 2020

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 0.58 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.