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Matthew Luo

3×3 · top 14.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014LUOM01

Matthew Luo has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.26, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 32 LIVE - SSF 2022, puts him in the top 14.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,912th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since November 2014, he has put 136 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.89 in November 2014 to 12.26, a 46% improvement. Matthew has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.8% of 284,439 all-time
12.26
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 32 LIVE - SSF 2022
136
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.2615.08
top 14.8%7,912 / 59,724
4×447.8853.61
top 22.0%3,334 / 19,072
2×24.095.53
top 27.6%10,927 / 40,951
Skewb7.5312.36
top 37.7%6,447 / 18,907
5×51:55.002:01.35
top 46.0%3,798 / 9,401
Pyraminx20.11
early days — 2 solves27,233 / 28,708

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

BASC 4: Día de los Cubos 2014: 22.89Berkeley Fall 2014: 22.75BASC 5: Everything But 2x2 2015: 19.65Bay Area Speedcubin' 31A - Mill Valley 2022: 13.95Bay Area Speedcubin' 32 LIVE - SSF 2022: 12.26Berkeley Summer 2022: 12.78Berkeley Fall 2022: 12.81WCC Western Championship 2022: 14.21Berkeley Winter B 2023: 13.5512.2622.892 Nov 201422 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.

  • Mitchell Lane — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Jason Ostdiek — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
  • An Le — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 7.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.