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Matthew Hagen

3×3 · top 7.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015HAGE05

Matthew Hagen has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.93, set at Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2018, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,991st in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since December 2015, he has put 75 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 24% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.90 in December 2015 to 9.93, a 57% improvement. Matthew has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.3% of 284,439 all-time
9.93
signature single · Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2018
75
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.9311.63
top 7.3%3,991 / 59,724
2×23.344.18
top 18.3%7,152 / 40,951
Pyraminx6.298.59
top 22.1%5,956 / 28,708
Skewb6.7812.60
top 31.9%5,311 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed46.3953.26
top 73.1%10,573 / 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

Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2015: 22.90Shaker Heights 2016: 20.00Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2018: 13.08Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2018: 9.93Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2018: 10.299.9322.9019 Dec 201517 Jun 2018

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 1.93 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.