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Matthew Flay

3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2011 · 2011FLAY02

Matthew Flay has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.10, set at Adelaide Autumn 2022, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 289th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since January 2011, he has put 1,224 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.55 in January 2011 to 8.10, a 54% improvement. Matthew has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time
8.10
signature single · Adelaide Autumn 2022
1,224
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×38.1011.56
top 3.0%289 / 11,709
3×3 one-handed13.1616.29
top 4.7%104 / 2,659
4×434.9541.82
top 6.6%172 / 3,051
Pyraminx3.835.51
top 6.9%300 / 5,993
5×51:05.321:15.54
top 8.6%117 / 1,356
6×62:21.012:25.92
top 21.0%127 / 641
2×23.694.77
top 22.6%1,729 / 8,567
Megaminx1:28.361:39.33
top 27.2%338 / 1,277
7×74:16.814:31.61
top 36.7%179 / 523
Skewb8.7812.66
top 46.9%1,476 / 3,534
Clock16.8524.95
top 55.0%564 / 1,095
Square-153.10—
early days — 2 solves738 / 899
3×3 Fewest Moves56 moves—
early days — 1 solve413 / 468

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

Melbourne Summer Open 2011: 17.55Adelaide Summer 2016: 13.60Adelaide Summer 2017: 12.38Australian Nationals 2017: 10.64Canberra Spring 2017: 9.67Melbourne Cube Days 2017: 12.32Adelaide Summer 2018: 10.36Canberra Autumn 2018: 11.87Melbourne Winter 2018: 11.90Adelaide Winter 2018: 10.57CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 11.15Horsham Winter 2018: 10.19Australian Nationals 2018: 9.33Melbourne Cube Days 2018: 11.32Adelaide Summer 2019: 11.08Koalafication Adelaide 2019: 11.13Warm Up Sydney 2019: 11.74WCA World Championship 2019: 11.20Adelaide Summer 2020: 12.01Adelaide Twin Saturday 2021: 10.30SA State Championship 2021: 11.28Adelaide Summer 2022: 10.94Adelaide Autumn 2022: 8.10Clare Valley Cubing 2022: 11.36South Australian Open 2022: 11.14Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 13.22Adelaide Summer 2023: 10.43Adelaide Winter Saturday 2023: 11.278.1017.5529 Jan 201124 Jun 2023

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.