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Matthew Cheng

3×3 · top 29.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2013 · 2013CHEN05

Matthew Cheng has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.55, set at Vancouver Open Summer 2013, puts him in the top 29.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,872nd in Canada. Across 3 competitions since February 2013, he has put 49 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Matthew has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 29.6% of 284,439 all-time
16.55
signature single · Vancouver Open Summer 2013
49
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×316.5518.86
top 29.6%2,872 / 10,392
5×52:05.592:29.14
top 52.8%697 / 1,499
3×3 one-handed49.2259.48
top 76.0%1,848 / 2,620

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

Vancouver Open Winter 2013: 17.86Vancouver Open Summer 2013: 16.55Vancouver Open Winter 2014: 18.7816.5518.782 Feb 20131 Mar 2014

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
  • A sub-2:00 5×5 single — 20,087 people have one; it is 5.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.