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Matthew James Watson

2×2 · top 12.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021WATS01

Matthew James Watson has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.86, set at WA State Championship 2021, puts him in the top 12.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 961st in Australia. Across 3 competitions since January 2021, he has put 52 official solves on the record across four events. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.41 in January 2021 to 2.86, a 47% improvement. Matthew has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 12.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.86
signature single · WA State Championship 2021
52
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.865.61
top 12.7%961 / 8,567
Pyraminx6.3612.27
top 22.7%1,142 / 5,993
3×318.3724.86
top 35.2%3,396 / 11,709
4×42:39.25
early days — 2 solves2,938 / 3,051

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

York Cube Day 2021: 5.41Showground Showdown 2021: 4.18WA State Championship 2021: 2.862.865.4110 Jan 202117 Jul 2021

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 0.86 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.