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Matthew Chen

3×3 · top 28.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023CHEM01

Matthew Chen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.30, set at Cubing at Tramsheds Saturday 2023, puts him in the top 28.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,675th in Australia. Across 3 competitions since July 2023, he has put 25 official solves on the record across two events. Matthew has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 28.8% of 284,439 all-time
16.30
signature single · Cubing at Tramsheds Saturday 2023
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×316.3020.33
top 28.8%2,675 / 11,709
2×25.477.74
top 45.0%3,535 / 8,567

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

Warm Up Sydney Saturday 2023: 17.86Cubing at Tramsheds Saturday 2023: 16.30Simple Sydney Saturday 2023: 18.5616.3018.5615 Jul 20239 Sep 2023

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.

  • Ken Telfer — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Jason Wu — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Mark Botros — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.