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Matthew Cohen

3×3 · top 26.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015COHE07

Matthew Cohen has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.52, set at Johannesburg Open 2016, puts him in the top 26.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 328th in South Africa. Across 2 competitions since November 2015, he has put 36 official solves on the record across three events. Matthew has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 26.2% of 284,439 all-time
15.52
signature single · Johannesburg Open 2016
36
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×315.5218.69
top 26.2%328 / 2,164
2×25.086.31
top 40.3%427 / 1,510
3×3 one-handed53.031:36.17
top 79.4%283 / 467

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

Johannesburg Open 2015: 5.08Johannesburg Open 2016: 5.135.085.1329 Nov 201519 Jun 2016

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 0.52 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.