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Matthew Paulsen

2×2 · top 24.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015PAUL10

Matthew Paulsen has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.81, set at Cape Town Open 2016, puts him in the top 24.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 258th in South Africa. Across 2 competitions since December 2015, he has put 29 official solves on the record across two events. Matthew has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 24.1% of 186,767 all-time
3.81
signature single · Cape Town Open 2016
29
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
2×23.817.21
top 24.1%258 / 1,510
3×321.7124.97
top 44.7%637 / 2,164

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

Cape Town Open 2015: 22.16Cape Town Open 2016: 21.7121.7122.166 Dec 201526 Jun 2016

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.