People · United States
Matthew Carlson
3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015CARL04
Matthew Carlson has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.47, set at San Diego Summer 2019, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,150th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since June 2015, he has put 399 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.14 in June 2015 to 7.47, a 65% improvement. Matthew has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 7.47 | 8.69 | top 1.9% | 1,150 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.84 | 19.99 | top 7.8% | 1,046 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 36.76 | 43.57 | top 8.4% | 1,270 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 4.13 | 7.10 | top 11.8% | 1,838 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 3.08 | 3.39 | top 15.2% | 5,943 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 22.80 | 33.10 | top 34.3% | 2,229 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.59 | 1:50.76 | top 35.1% | 2,784 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.75 | 11.62 | top 51.1% | 14,838 / 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
- 31 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at San Diego Summer 2019.
- 27 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2018.
- 17 Feb 2018Four personal bests in one day at Irvine Winter 2018.
- 7 Oct 2017Four personal bests in one day at Newport Fall 2017.
- 25 Mar 2017First sub-10 3×3: 8.64 at Qualifornia 2017.
- 8 Oct 2016Four personal bests in one day at Newport Fall 2016.
Competitions
- Mudd Fall 2019 · 5 Oct 2019
- San Diego Summer 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2019 · 17 Aug 2019
- Poly Cubed 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Anaheim Fall 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018 · 11 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Newport Summer 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Thanks for the InFive 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Irvine Winter 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Newport Fall 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Qualifornia 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Newport Fall 2016 · 8 Oct 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Newport Spring 2016 · 26 Mar 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Nub Open 2016 · 16 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- SoCal Supercomp 2015 · 27 Jun 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.
- Elijah Brown — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Michael Young — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Nathan Soria — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.