People · Canada
Matthew Look
3×3 · top 0.36% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018LOOK01
Matthew Look has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.79, set at Cubing Above the Dinosaurs 2023, puts him in the top 0.36% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28th in Canada. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since August 2018, he has put 328 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.24 in August 2018 to 5.79, a 64% improvement. Matthew has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 5.79 | 8.66 | top 0.36% | 28 / 10,392 | |
| Megaminx | 51.13 | 55.16 | top 5.6% | 40 / 1,375 | |
| 2×2 | 2.16 | 4.10 | top 5.9% | 381 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 37.86 | 41.13 | top 9.6% | 224 / 3,118 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.69 | 1:27.57 | top 18.9% | 227 / 1,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.42 | 25.13 | top 21.6% | 465 / 2,620 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.87 | 11.03 | top 26.8% | 1,148 / 4,858 | |
| 6×6 | 3:22.76 | 3:33.58 | early days — 3 solves | 278 / 665 | |
| Square-1 | 48.19 | 53.99 | top 74.4% | 697 / 952 | |
| Clock | 24.97 | — | early days — 3 solves | 776 / 1,029 | |
| Skewb | 16.84 | 19.63 | top 83.6% | 2,458 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 7:44.12 | — | early days — 3 solves | 328 / 351 |
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
- 30 Jul 2022Four personal bests in one day at Spruce Grove Summer 2022.
- 18 Jan 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.53 at Alberta 5th Anniversary 2020.
- 25 May 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.85 at Foothills Final Fight 2019.
- 25 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Foothills Final Fight 2019.
- 27 Oct 2018Four personal bests in one day at Foothills Fright 2018.
- 24 Aug 2018First competition: Canada's Best in the West 2018. A 16.70 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Calgary Summer Classic 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Sherwood Park Summer 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
- Cubing Above the Dinosaurs 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Sylvan Solves 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Edmonton Summer Twist 2022 · 21 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Spruce Grove Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Alberta 5th Anniversary 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Sherwood Park Summer 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Foothills Final Fight 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Foothills Fright 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Canada's Best in the West 2018 · 24 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Alex Mutch — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- James Deibert — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Danny Buschert — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.