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Matthew Gross

2×2 · top 28.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023GROS06

Matthew Gross has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.12, set at UCSD Winter 2023, puts him in the top 28.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,075th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since April 2023, he has put 99 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.90 in April 2023 to 17.76, a 52% improvement. Matthew has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 28.0% of 186,767 all-time
4.12
signature single · UCSD Winter 2023
99
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.128.04
top 28.0%11,075 / 40,951
3×317.7619.14
top 33.4%18,520 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed49.921:21.85
top 76.7%11,187 / 15,683

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

UCSD Spring 2023: 36.90UCSD For Hemophilia 2023: 22.95UCSD Extravaganza 2023: 19.84UCSD Winter 2023: 17.76UCSD Winter 2024: 19.28Triton Tricubealon 2024: 17.90San Diego Big Cub 2024: 18.68Westview Cubing Favorites 2024: 17.8817.7636.902 Apr 202325 May 2024

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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.