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Matthew Higbie

3×3 · top 18.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017HIGB01

Matthew Higbie has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.32, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2019, puts him in the top 18.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,956th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2017, he has put 20 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.86 in November 2017 to 13.32, a 55% improvement. Matthew has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 18.6% of 284,439 all-time
13.32
signature single · CubingUSA Nationals 2019
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.3216.51
top 18.6%9,956 / 59,724
2×218.7129.49
top 94.6%39,247 / 40,951

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

Veterans Day Open 2017: 29.86Rocky Mountain Spring 2019: 16.96CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 13.3213.3229.8611 Nov 20171 Aug 2019

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.32 away.
  • A sub-15 2×2 single — 169,048 people have one; it is 3.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.