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Matthew Franchini
3×3 · top 1.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017FRAN10
Matthew Franchini has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.01, set at Olympia Classic 2024, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 845th in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2017, he has put 275 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.82 in August 2017 to 7.01, a 75% improvement. Matthew has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.01 | 9.40 | top 1.3% | 845 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.32 | 4.70 | top 4.8% | 1,272 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 4.09 | top 7.4% | 2,983 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 39.19 | 41.66 | top 11.3% | 1,684 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 13.63 | 18.57 | top 13.4% | 931 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 1:08.98 | 1:14.85 | top 15.1% | 1,045 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.67 | 1:25.06 | top 16.0% | 1,254 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.45 | 25.31 | top 21.7% | 2,825 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 5.67 | 6.74 | top 23.3% | 3,774 / 19,164 | |
| 7×7 | 4:07.63 | 4:36.76 | top 33.7% | 960 / 3,236 | |
| Clock | 17.98 | 19.83 | top 58.7% | 5,051 / 9,172 |
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
- 5 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Olympia Classic 2024.
- 2 Dec 2023Five personal bests in one day at UW or U Don't 2023.
- 28 Oct 2023Six personal bests in one day at Odd Olympia 2023.
- 14 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Lakewood Fall 2023.
- 30 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.89 at Lucky Lynnwood 2023.
- 30 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Lucky Lynnwood 2023.
Competitions
- Olympia Classic 2024 · 5 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Tacoma Winter Twisters 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- UW or U Don't 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Odd Olympia 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Lakewood Fall 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Lucky Lynnwood 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Maltby Mega Special 2023 · 9 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Northern Neck Winter 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Severna Park Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017
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.
- Ron G. Arama — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Sameer Aggarwal — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kaleb Peltola — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.