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Matthew Burns

Pyraminx · top 29.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016BURN04

Matthew Burns has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.16, set at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2018, puts him in the top 29.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,070th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since May 2016, he has put 132 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.18 in May 2016 to 19.05, a 35% improvement. Matthew has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 29.2% of 129,321 all-time
7.16
signature single · CubingUSA Southern Championship 2018
132
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx7.1610.80
top 29.2%8,070 / 28,708
2×24.7311.31
top 35.9%14,335 / 40,951
3×319.0523.96
top 37.2%20,984 / 59,724
Skewb7.5916.09
top 38.2%6,539 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed1:03.68
top 86.0%12,970 / 15,683
4×42:13.74
early days — 3 solves16,505 / 19,072

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

Do the Cube at the DoSeum 2016: 29.18Cajun Cube Clash 2016: 31.04Houston Cube Blast 2016: 28.75South East Texas Open 2017: 27.11College Station Qualifier 2017: 22.96Don't Mess With Texas 2017: 23.79Southern Championships 2017: 23.11CubingUSA Southern Championship 2018: 19.88Cajun Cube Clash 2018: 19.0519.0531.041 May 201623 Jun 2018

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-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.