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Matthew Lounsbery

2×2 · top 8.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021LOUN01

Matthew Lounsbery has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.43, set at GA Cubers February A 2022, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,242nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2021, he has put 133 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.13 in December 2021 to 12.25, a 32% improvement. Matthew has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.2% of 186,767 all-time
2.43
signature single · GA Cubers February A 2022
133
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.433.86
top 8.2%3,242 / 40,951
3×312.2515.36
top 14.8%7,897 / 59,724
4×445.6853.46
top 19.2%2,911 / 19,072
Megaminx1:58.322:29.24
top 44.8%3,278 / 7,841
5×51:58.642:02.73
top 48.4%4,054 / 9,401
Pyraminx10.6412.73
top 57.9%16,949 / 28,708
6×64:48.22
early days — 1 solve3,160 / 4,196

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

Rocky Top 2021: 18.13GA Cubers February A 2022: 15.83Edneyville Spring 2022: 16.56Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2022: 12.25Rocky Top 2022: 13.58Niner Nation Open 2023: 12.3412.2518.134 Dec 202115 Jan 2023

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.