People · Canada
Matthew Deng
3×3 · top 6.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019DENG01
Matthew Deng has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.46, set at Chicago Area Twist Spring A 2024, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 586th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2019, he has put 166 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one; 99% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.05 in January 2019 to 9.46, a 61% improvement. Matthew has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.46 | 12.46 | top 6.0% | 586 / 10,502 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.37 | 8.25 | top 15.6% | 630 / 4,913 | |
| 2×2 | 3.25 | 4.70 | top 17.3% | 1,175 / 7,245 | |
| Skewb | 6.80 | 9.86 | top 32.2% | 795 / 2,928 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.08 | 32.89 | top 42.2% | 962 / 2,632 | |
| 4×4 | 1:16.41 | 1:37.44 | top 52.9% | 1,480 / 3,180 | |
| Square-1 | 33.56 | 39.59 | top 56.2% | 511 / 973 | |
| 5×5 | 2:13.28 | 2:23.87 | top 57.4% | 785 / 1,546 | |
| Megaminx | 2:33.77 | 3:14.12 | top 63.1% | 764 / 1,393 |
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
- 18 May 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.46 at Chicago Area Twist Spring A 2024.
- 18 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Chicago Area Twist Spring A 2024.
- 4 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019.
- 23 Mar 2019First sub-20 3×3: 12.22 at Downtown Vancouver Spring 2019.
- 23 Mar 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.22 at Downtown Vancouver Spring 2019.
- 23 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Downtown Vancouver Spring 2019.
Competitions
- Chicago Area Twist Spring A 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- UBC Open 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019 · 23 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Downtown Vancouver Summer 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Downtown Vancouver Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- UBC Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019
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.
- Kyle Van Straaten — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kenny Zhong — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Luke Jankowiak — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.