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Matthew Nielsen

3×3 · top 72.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2016 · 2016NIEL04

Matthew Nielsen has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 36.45, set at South Enough 2018, puts him in the top 72.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44,031st in the United States. Across 2 competitions since September 2016, he has put 22 official solves on the record across three events. Matthew has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 72.5% of 284,439 all-time
36.45
signature single · South Enough 2018
22
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×336.4539.14
top 72.5%44,031 / 59,724
Pyraminx13.5117.30
top 75.5%22,362 / 28,708
2×216.42
early days — 2 solves38,390 / 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

Berkeley Summer 2016: 36.83South Enough 2018: 36.4536.4536.8317 Sep 201613 Jan 2018

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.

  • Riley Woo — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Ryan Jew — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Jacob Posner — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 6.45 away.
  • A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 1.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.