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Matthew Laidlaw

3×3 · top 91.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016LAID02

Matthew Laidlaw has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 1:00.17, set at US Nationals 2016, puts him in the top 91.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 55,853rd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since July 2016, he has put 22 official solves on the record across two events. Matthew has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 91.6% of 284,439 all-time
1:00.17
signature single · US Nationals 2016
22
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×31:00.171:11.47
top 91.6%55,853 / 59,724
2×219.4226.65
top 95.2%39,462 / 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 line so far

US Nationals 2016: 1:00.17Oregon 2016: 1:05.93PDX Cubing for Dougy 2016: 1:08.491:00.171:08.4929 Jul 201619 Nov 2016

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 29 Jul 2016First competition: US Nationals 2016. A 1:00.17 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.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
  • A sub-15 2×2 single — 169,048 people have one; it is 4.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.