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Matthew Hornby

3×3 · top 13.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014HORN01

Matthew Hornby has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.84, set at The Glorious North 2015, puts him in the top 13.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 940th in the United Kingdom. Across 3 competitions since May 2014, he has put 58 official solves on the record across seven events. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.50 in May 2014 to 11.84, a 45% improvement. Matthew has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.3% of 284,439 all-time
11.84
signature single · The Glorious North 2015
58
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×311.8417.72
top 13.3%940 / 6,689
4×457.381:16.46
top 33.6%750 / 2,071
2×25.437.30
top 44.5%2,355 / 4,895
5×51:58.572:04.79
top 48.4%596 / 1,151
6×63:49.664:07.17
early days — 3 solves362 / 548
7×76:06.306:32.34
top 69.2%335 / 459
Megaminx3:44.32
early days — 2 solves916 / 966

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

Oxford Open 2014: 21.50Harrow Spring 2015: 15.09The Glorious North 2015: 11.8411.8421.5017 May 20141 Aug 2015

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 7.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.