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Matthew Bang

3×3 · top 17.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012BANG01

Matthew Bang has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.06, set at Diamond Bar Open 2012, puts him in the top 17.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,447th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since May 2012, he has put 39 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.77 in May 2012 to 13.06, a 40% improvement. Matthew has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 17.6% of 284,439 all-time
13.06
signature single · Diamond Bar Open 2012
39
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.0615.98
top 17.6%9,447 / 59,724
2×24.567.91
top 33.7%13,413 / 40,951
4×41:07.881:14.49
top 44.8%7,434 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed30.2840.95
top 47.3%6,438 / 15,683
6×65:24.05
early days — 1 solve3,503 / 4,196

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

Caltech Spring 2012: 21.77Diamond Bar Open 2012: 13.0613.0621.7726 May 201214 Oct 2012

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 1.06 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.