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Matthew Liu

3×3 · top 42.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2007 · 2007LIUM01

Matthew Liu has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.77, set at Berkeley Fall 2011, puts him in the top 42.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24,059th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since August 2007, he has put 23 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.12 in August 2007 to 20.77, a 37% improvement. Matthew has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 42.1% of 284,439 all-time
20.77
signature single · Berkeley Fall 2011
23
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×320.7727.30
top 42.1%24,059 / 59,724
2×211.7916.77
top 83.8%34,805 / 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

Caltech Summer competition 2007: 33.12Caltech Fall competition 2007: 25.43Berkeley Fall 2011: 20.7720.7733.1225 Aug 20073 Dec 2011

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 1.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.