People · Australia
Matthew O'Shea
3×3 · top 5.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022OSHE04
Matthew O'Shea has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.06, set at U Cube at UQ Sunday 2023, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 468th in Australia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since September 2022, he has put 101 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.05 in September 2022 to 9.06, a 36% improvement. Matthew has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.06 | 9.90 | top 5.0% | 468 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 3.58 | 5.40 | top 21.2% | 1,617 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.81 | 12.66 | top 51.5% | 2,938 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.43 | 37.94 | top 52.1% | 1,219 / 2,659 | |
| 4×4 | 2:31.28 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,902 / 3,051 |
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
- 27 Nov 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Northside Spring Sunday 2022.
- 4 Sep 2022First competition: Runaway Bay Sunday Challenge 2022. A 14.97 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- U Cube at UQ Sunday 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Queensland Open 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Brisbane Summer 2023 · 4 Feb 2023
- Northside Spring Sunday 2022 · 27 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Runaway Bay Sunday Challenge 2022 · 4 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best 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.
- Jamie Otsu — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Laura Ting — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Bailey Murdoch — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.