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Matthew Hall

Skewb · top 25.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017HALL16

Matthew Hall has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 6.01, set at Cashmere Open 2023, puts him in the top 25.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 195th in New Zealand. Across 5 competitions since December 2017, he has put 124 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.64 in December 2017 to 16.08, a 29% improvement. Matthew has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 25.8% of 73,281 all-time
6.01
signature single · Cashmere Open 2023
124
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
Skewb6.018.07
top 25.8%195 / 666
3×316.0820.19
top 28.0%568 / 2,095
2×24.547.83
top 33.4%587 / 1,615
Pyraminx7.789.74
top 34.4%457 / 1,141
Clock13.10
early days — 2 solves141 / 303
3×3 one-handed28.0034.36
top 42.0%228 / 600
Square-127.2829.37
top 44.1%127 / 251

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

New Zealand Nationals 2017: 22.64Otago October 2019: 21.74Lyttelton Spring 2022: 22.85Cashmere Open 2023: 16.0816.0822.858 Dec 201727 May 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-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.