People · United States
Matthew Knippen
3×3 · top 46.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019KNIP03
Matthew Knippen has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.43, set at Milwaukee First 2022, puts him in the top 46.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27,367th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since June 2019, he has put 81 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Matthew has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 22.43 | 27.93 | top 46.7% | 27,367 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 5.89 | 8.09 | top 49.8% | 20,578 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 15.44 | 21.80 | top 83.4% | 25,019 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 17.79 | 41.24 | top 85.8% | 16,754 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:08.76 | — | early days — 3 solves | 13,649 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 2:17.87 | — | early days — 2 solves | 17,067 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 36.08 | — | top 90.6% | 8,322 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 4:06.91 | — | top 91.1% | 7,506 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 8:25.94 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,040 / 2,128 | |
| 5×5 | 5:02.64 | — | early days — 2 solves | 9,337 / 9,537 |
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
- 16 Jun 2019First competition: Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019. A 23.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Racing Kane 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DuPage Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Naperville Winter A 2022 · 17 Dec 2022
- Milwaukee First 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019 · 16 Jun 2019
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.
- Brian Johnson — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jacob Turrubiartes — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Aaron Soley — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 115,495 people have one; it is 2.43 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.