People · United Kingdom
Matthew Ayre
3×3 · top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018AYRE02
Matthew Ayre has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.49, set at Birmingham Summer 2024, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 157th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2018, he has put 507 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.18 in June 2018 to 7.49, a 54% improvement. Matthew has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.49 | 8.79 | top 2.0% | 157 / 6,689 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.59 | 3.45 | top 2.4% | 92 / 3,656 | |
| 4×4 | 32.29 | 35.86 | top 4.4% | 112 / 2,071 | |
| Megaminx | 50.33 | 51.99 | top 5.2% | 69 / 966 | |
| 2×2 | 2.12 | 3.04 | top 5.6% | 404 / 4,895 | |
| 5×5 | 1:03.72 | 1:14.24 | top 7.6% | 99 / 1,151 | |
| Skewb | 3.57 | 6.80 | top 8.2% | 187 / 2,421 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.59 | 18.08 | top 9.3% | 188 / 1,851 | |
| Square-1 | 15.32 | 22.16 | top 17.1% | 169 / 778 | |
| 6×6 | 3:43.05 | — | early days — 1 solve | 351 / 548 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Aug 2024Nine personal bests in one day at Birmingham Summer 2024.
- 22 Jul 2023Nine personal bests in one day at Stevenage July 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Six personal bests in one day at Lincolnshire Winter 2023.
- 28 Oct 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.38 at Kewbz UK Championship 2022.
- 28 Oct 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Kewbz UK Championship 2022.
- 25 Oct 2019Four personal bests in one day at UK Championship 2019.
Competitions
- Birmingham Summer 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 9 personal bests set
- Stevenage July 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 9 personal bests set
- Lincolnshire Winter 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Doncaster Open 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- UK Championship 2019 · 25 Oct 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- High Wycombe Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Manchester Open 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Peterborough Open 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Jonathan Ayre — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
- Cham J. Chambers — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Ben Stokes — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.