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Matthew Barnard

Pyraminx · top 13.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015BARN02

Matthew Barnard has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.08, set at Adelaide Summer 2017, puts him in the top 13.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 654th in Australia. Across 5 competitions since May 2015, he has put 94 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.61 in May 2015 to 16.03, a 35% improvement. Matthew has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 13.7% of 129,321 all-time
5.08
signature single · Adelaide Summer 2017
94
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Pyraminx5.087.82
top 13.7%654 / 5,993
3×316.0318.34
top 27.9%2,582 / 11,709
2×24.236.02
top 29.5%2,290 / 8,567
Skewb7.8415.27
top 40.0%1,210 / 3,534
4×41:26.76
top 61.2%1,724 / 3,051

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

Cube for Cambodia 2015: 24.61Melbourne Cube Days 2016: 18.01POPS Open 2016: 20.76Adelaide Summer 2017: 23.66Cubing Classic 2017: 16.0316.0324.6131 May 201518 Mar 2017

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-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.