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Matthew Fatemi

3×3 · top 38.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016FATE01

Matthew Fatemi has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.36, set at Slow N Steady Fall 2021, puts him in the top 38.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21,516th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since April 2016, he has put 43 official solves on the record across two 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 48.77 in April 2016 to 19.36, a 60% improvement. Matthew has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 38.1% of 284,439 all-time
19.36
signature single · Slow N Steady Fall 2021
43
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×319.3623.63
top 38.1%21,516 / 59,724
4×41:58.21
early days — 3 solves15,022 / 19,072

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

Virginia Open Spring 2016: 48.77Slow N Steady Fall 2016: 39.75Rally In The Valley 2017: 28.17Slow N Steady Winter 2018: 23.88Virginia Qualifier 2019: 21.52Slow N Steady Summer 2019: 27.32TJHSST Fall 2019: 24.24Slow N Steady Fall 2021: 19.3619.3648.772 Apr 201620 Nov 2021

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 4.36 away.
  • A sub-1:30 4×4 single — 53,325 people have one; it is 28.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.