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Matthew Baum
3×3 · top 9.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015BAUM01
Matthew Baum has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.73, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,253rd in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since September 2015, he has put 185 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.00 in September 2015 to 10.73, a 63% improvement. Matthew has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.73 | 12.89 | top 9.7% | 5,253 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 44.98 | 51.53 | top 18.3% | 2,780 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.85 | 5.03 | top 24.6% | 9,640 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.37 | 34.73 | top 37.8% | 5,021 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 8.27 | 10.99 | top 43.3% | 7,606 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.57 | 12.02 | top 49.6% | 14,391 / 28,708 |
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
- 29 Jul 2016Five personal bests in one day at US Nationals 2016.
- 20 Feb 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.81 at Berkeley Winter 2016.
- 20 Feb 2016Four personal bests in one day at Berkeley Winter 2016.
- 7 Nov 2015First sub-20 3×3: 19.26 at Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2015.
- 12 Sep 2015First competition: Berkeley Summer 2015. A 29.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025 · 13 Dec 2025
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023 · 6 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 24 2020 · 15 Feb 2020
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2016 · 19 Nov 2016
- Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2016 · 22 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals 2016 · 29 Jul 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2016 · 20 Feb 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 8 2016 · 3 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2015 · 22 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2015 · 7 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2015 · 12 Sep 2015
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.
- Paul Mahvi — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Jew — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Dan Pastushkov — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 4.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.