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Matthew Harris

2×2 · top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014HARR01

Matthew Harris has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.47, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2018, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 807th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since December 2014, he has put 770 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.42 in December 2014 to 10.37, a 56% improvement. Matthew has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.47
signature single · CubingUSA Nationals 2018
770
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.474.30
top 2.0%807 / 40,951
3×310.3712.19
top 8.6%4,709 / 59,724
Pyraminx4.468.38
top 10.0%2,604 / 28,708
4×441.3750.33
top 13.8%2,047 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed18.5623.56
top 16.6%2,153 / 15,683
Skewb4.9913.82
top 18.0%2,858 / 18,907
5×51:20.201:34.70
top 19.3%1,510 / 9,401
6×62:46.383:09.81
top 34.2%1,232 / 4,196
7×74:33.114:43.48
top 42.1%1,203 / 3,184
Megaminx2:17.42—
top 55.0%4,129 / 7,841
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves53.33
top 62.5%1,310 / 2,040

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

Newport Winter Open 2014: 23.42Nub Open 2015: 19.15Orange Coast Puzzle Meet 2015: 16.96San Diego Summer Splash 2015: 19.31SoCal Supercomp 2015: 18.15Newport Spring 2016: 14.20St. Francis II: GYM 2016: 15.46Poly Cubed 2016: 15.82SoCal Supercomp 2016: 13.33Newport Fall 2016: 15.002FTI San Diego 2016: 11.91Caltech Winter 2017: 13.72Qualifornia 2017: 15.32Nisei Week 2017: 12.09Newport Fall 2017: 13.66TF3I San Diego 2017: 13.26Poly Cubed 2017: 11.86Thanks Four The Invite 2018: 13.48Irvine Winter 2018: 10.39West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018: 11.94CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 10.87Anaheim Fall 2018: 10.37Poly Cubed 2018: 12.43CubeChella 2018: 11.35Another Bruin Cube Day 2019: 10.46Mudd Winter 2019: 12.73UCSD Winter 2019: 11.16Thousand Oaks Cubing Open 2019: 11.50CubingUSA Western Championship 2019: 12.41CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 12.13Nisei Week 2019: 11.15Mudd Fall 2019: 11.05Diamond Bar September 2022: 12.6410.3723.426 Dec 201417 Sep 2022

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.