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Matthew Breden

2×2 · top 19.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2013 · 2013BRED01

Matthew Breden has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.46, set at River Hill Winter 2014, puts him in the top 19.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,726th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since June 2013, he has put 68 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.94 in June 2013 to 18.50, a 51% improvement. Matthew has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 19.7% of 186,767 all-time
3.46
signature single · River Hill Winter 2014
68
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.466.66
top 19.7%7,726 / 40,951
3×318.5022.68
top 35.6%19,956 / 59,724
4×41:43.86
top 73.1%13,240 / 19,072
Pyraminx16.0319.62
top 85.2%25,131 / 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

Raleigh Open 2013: 37.94Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2013: 19.28Slow 'n Steady Fall 2013: 26.08River Hill Winter 2014: 18.50ODU Big Blue Open 2015: 24.04ODU Big Blue Spring 2016: 23.13Raleigh Rubik's Rally 2017: 19.8518.5037.9415 Jun 20134 Nov 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.