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Matthew Alvarez

3×3 · top 20.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019ALVA27

Matthew Alvarez has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.99, set at Mudd Winter 2020, puts him in the top 20.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,274th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since December 2019, he has put 27 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.54 in December 2019 to 13.99, a 20% improvement. Matthew has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 20.9% of 284,439 all-time
13.99
signature single · Mudd Winter 2020
27
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.9920.74
top 20.9%11,274 / 59,724
Pyraminx8.8011.66
top 43.1%12,342 / 28,708
4×41:30.21
early days — 2 solves11,162 / 19,072

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

Grossmont Fall 2019: 17.54Mudd Winter 2020: 13.9913.9917.5414 Dec 201922 Feb 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 1.99 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.