People · United States
Matthew Lee
3×3 · top 6.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019LEEM02
Matthew Lee has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.46, set at Berkeley Fall 2022, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,323rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2019, he has put 169 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.40 in May 2019 to 9.46, a 67% improvement. Matthew has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 9.46 | 12.26 | top 6.0% | 3,323 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.27 | 3.66 | top 6.8% | 2,687 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 14.40 | 23.67 | top 15.0% | 1,013 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.54 | 9.03 | top 24.2% | 6,575 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.00 | 28.87 | top 26.1% | 3,361 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 6.06 | 9.35 | top 26.2% | 4,262 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 19.43 | 22.09 | top 63.0% | 5,342 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Sep 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.46 at Berkeley Fall 2022.
- 10 Sep 2022Five personal bests in one day at Berkeley Fall 2022.
- 21 Sep 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.09 at Berkeley Summer 2019.
- 7 Jul 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.94 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019.
- 11 May 2019First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 16 2019. A 28.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Berkeley Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2019 · 10 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019 · 7 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 16 2019 · 11 May 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.
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Nolan Yiu — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Paul Mahvi — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.