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Matthew Escalante

3×3 · top 25.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2011 · 2011ESCA02

Matthew Escalante has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.33, set at Berkeley Winter 2012, puts him in the top 25.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,899th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since December 2011, he has put 76 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.25 in December 2011 to 15.33, a 16% improvement. Matthew has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 25.5% of 284,439 all-time
15.33
signature single · Berkeley Winter 2012
76
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×315.3318.67
top 25.5%13,899 / 59,724
2×26.067.43
top 51.5%21,001 / 40,951
4×41:20.151:23.84
top 56.0%9,614 / 19,072
5×52:25.972:34.88
top 63.9%5,545 / 9,401
Pyraminx13.9116.78
top 77.4%22,912 / 28,708
Megaminx3:14.59
early days — 1 solve6,244 / 7,841
Square-156.311:17.57
top 81.2%5,427 / 6,743

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

Berkeley Fall 2011: 18.25Berkeley Winter 2012: 15.33Berkeley Spring 2012: 16.65Berkeley Fall 2012: 17.05Berkeley Winter 2013: 17.2515.3318.253 Dec 20119 Mar 2013

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 0.33 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.