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Matthew Kowalski

3×3 · top 73.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015KOWA02

Matthew Kowalski has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 36.82, set at Michigan 2015, puts him in the top 73.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44,364th in the United States. Across 1 competition since July 2015, he has put 10 official solves on the record across two events.

3×3
best event — top 73.0% of 284,439 all-time
36.82
signature single · Michigan 2015
10
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×336.8245.38
top 73.0%44,364 / 59,724
2×28.9511.04
top 73.2%30,278 / 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 story so far

  • 10 Jul 2015First competition: Michigan 2015. A 36.82 3×3 single to start from.

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 6.82 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.