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Matthew Laughlin

3×3 · top 13.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016LAUG02

Matthew Laughlin has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.96, set at Puget Sound Winter 2017, puts him in the top 13.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,372nd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since May 2016, he has put 125 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.60 in May 2016 to 11.96, a 32% improvement. Matthew has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.96
signature single · Puget Sound Winter 2017
125
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.9614.95
top 13.8%7,372 / 59,724
4×449.6458.95
top 24.3%3,705 / 19,072
Pyraminx8.8114.44
top 43.2%12,365 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed29.0534.91
top 44.4%6,011 / 15,683
Square-128.0735.28
top 45.8%2,975 / 6,743
2×25.758.52
top 48.2%19,526 / 40,951
5×52:15.922:37.49
top 58.7%5,014 / 9,401
Clock54.13
early days — 1 solve8,784 / 8,927

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

Rose City 2016: 17.60Atomic Cubing Summer 2016: 13.94Puget Sound Fall 2016: 14.49Puget Sound Winter 2017: 11.96Atomic Fools 2017: 12.9111.9617.6021 May 20161 Apr 2017

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 9.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.