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Matthew Gimbel

2×2 · top 50.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016GIMB01

Matthew Gimbel has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 6.00, set at Howland High Spring 2017, puts him in the top 50.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20,707th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since June 2016, he has put 40 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.61 in June 2016 to 24.74, a 47% improvement. Matthew has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 50.9% of 186,767 all-time
6.00
signature single · Howland High Spring 2017
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×26.009.75
top 50.9%20,707 / 40,951
3×324.7438.09
top 52.0%30,429 / 59,724
Pyraminx13.9216.69
top 77.5%22,926 / 28,708

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

Indiana 2016: 46.61Michigan 2016: 46.85Mason Cubing Challenge 2016: 38.16Howland High Spring 2017: 24.7424.7446.8525 Jun 201611 Mar 2017

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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.