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Matthew Cole

3×3 · top 32.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016COLE09

Matthew Cole has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.57, set at Shaker Fall 2016, puts him in the top 32.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,171st in the United States. Across 1 competition since December 2016, he has put 27 official solves on the record across six events.

3×3
best event — top 32.8% of 284,439 all-time
17.57
signature single · Shaker Fall 2016
27
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.5720.53
top 32.8%18,171 / 59,724
2×24.717.01
top 35.6%14,236 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed32.8142.83
top 52.9%7,314 / 15,683
4×41:20.571:37.57
top 56.4%9,688 / 19,072
Pyraminx10.9915.36
top 60.5%17,774 / 28,708
5×54:09.73
early days — 2 solves8,815 / 9,401

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 story so far

  • 10 Dec 2016First competition: Shaker Fall 2016. A 17.57 3×3 single to start from.

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 2.57 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.