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Matthew Pugsley

3×3 · top 19.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016PUGS01

Matthew Pugsley has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.50, set at ODU Big Blue Spring 2018, puts him in the top 19.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,325th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since April 2016, he has put 69 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.66 in April 2016 to 13.50, a 57% improvement. Matthew has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 19.2% of 284,439 all-time
13.50
signature single · ODU Big Blue Spring 2018
69
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.5018.98
top 19.2%10,325 / 59,724
2×24.066.98
top 27.3%10,764 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed32.7746.58
top 52.8%7,298 / 15,683

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

ODU Big Blue Spring 2016: 31.66ODU Big Blue Winter 2016: 19.11ODU Big Blue Spring 2017: 17.09ODU Big Blue Fall 2017: 19.24ODU Big Blue Spring 2018: 13.50Slow N Steady Summer 2018: 18.4313.5031.6623 Apr 20162 Sep 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.

  • Bobby Mapp — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Ben White — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
  • Zack Brandon — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.