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Matthew Pugh

2×2 · top 28.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022PUGH03

Matthew Pugh has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.16, set at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023, puts him in the top 28.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,306th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since December 2022, he has put 79 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.16 in December 2022 to 21.25, a 19% improvement. Matthew has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 28.5% of 186,767 all-time
4.16
signature single · Pretzel Mania Summer 2023
79
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.166.42
top 28.5%11,306 / 40,951
Skewb6.8521.52
top 32.5%5,427 / 18,907
3×321.2526.78
top 43.4%24,899 / 59,724
Pyraminx10.2315.41
top 54.8%16,017 / 28,708
Clock18.9923.50
top 61.7%5,208 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed49.3559.92
top 76.2%11,093 / 15,683
4×42:00.95
early days — 2 solves15,305 / 19,072

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

West Chester Fall 2022: 26.16South Jersey Speedsolving 2023: 27.68Wilmington Warmup 2023: 21.99Pretzel Mania Summer 2023: 21.51South Jersey Speedsolving 2024: 21.2521.2527.6810 Dec 202213 Apr 2024

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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 0.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.