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Matthew Hartmann

2×2 · top 9.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018HART04

Matthew Hartmann has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.60, set at Cubetcha 2018, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,907th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2018, he has put 148 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.63 in April 2018 to 2.60, a 54% improvement. Matthew has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.60
signature single · Cubetcha 2018
148
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.604.50
top 9.9%3,907 / 40,951
Pyraminx5.339.97
top 15.3%4,007 / 28,708
3×314.4817.42
top 22.6%12,250 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed30.9337.75
top 48.7%6,677 / 15,683
Skewb9.1010.92
top 49.1%8,775 / 18,907
4×42:16.07
early days — 1 solve16,680 / 19,072

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

CubeIowa 2018: 5.63South Dakota First 2018: 6.38Sioux Falls Summer 2018: 5.74Cubetcha 2018: 2.60Fargo Fall 2018: 2.83Sioux Falls Winter 2019: 4.482.606.3814 Apr 20189 Feb 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.