People · Australia
Matthew Jackson
Pyraminx · top 34.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021JACK04
Matthew Jackson has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.78, set at Melbourne Summer 2024, puts him in the top 34.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,808th in Australia. Across 9 competitions since December 2021, he has put 181 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.45 in December 2021 to 19.33, an 18% improvement. Matthew has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 7.78 | 14.95 | top 34.4% | 1,808 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 | 19.33 | 24.15 | top 38.0% | 3,680 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 5.22 | 6.57 | top 42.1% | 3,305 / 8,567 | |
| Skewb | 10.23 | 13.53 | top 56.3% | 1,848 / 3,534 | |
| Megaminx | 2:22.68 | — | top 57.8% | 728 / 1,277 | |
| 4×4 | 1:23.55 | 1:31.33 | top 58.7% | 1,644 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.06 | 1:06.45 | top 65.3% | 1,549 / 2,659 | |
| 5×5 | 2:39.38 | — | top 70.2% | 993 / 1,356 | |
| Clock | 25.08 | — | early days — 2 solves | 841 / 1,095 | |
| 6×6 | 6:23.93 | — | early days — 1 solve | 599 / 641 | |
| 7×7 | 9:36.44 | — | early days — 1 solve | 495 / 523 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 6 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Solving In Sale 2024.
- 10 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Don't Inverloch Up 2024.
- 19 Jan 2024Five personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2024.
- 20 Jan 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.33 at Melbourne Summer 2023.
- 28 Dec 2021First competition: December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021. A 23.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Solving In Sale 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Don't Inverloch Up 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Victorian Open 2022 · 4 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021 · 28 Dec 2021
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.
- Hannah Jackson — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Swami Srinivasan — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 49 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.