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Matthew Rodriguez

3×3 · top 15.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018RODR22

Matthew Rodriguez has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.58, set at Music City Speedsolving Fall 2023, puts him in the top 15.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,542nd in the United States. Across 8 competitions since April 2018, he has put 134 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.33 in April 2018 to 12.58, a 64% improvement. Matthew has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.9% of 284,439 all-time
12.58
signature single · Music City Speedsolving Fall 2023
134
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.5816.34
top 15.9%8,542 / 59,724
2×24.167.31
top 28.5%11,306 / 40,951
4×41:00.531:11.99
top 37.0%5,973 / 19,072
Skewb11.2814.41
top 62.3%11,524 / 18,907
Pyraminx12.3514.78
top 69.4%20,531 / 28,708

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

CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2018: 35.33Rocket City 3.0 2018: 26.54Lion Pride 2018: 25.70New Hope Open Spring 2018: 25.63Music City Speedsolving 2018: 29.32Lion Pride 2019: 23.77Going Fast in Franklin 2023: 14.06Music City Speedsolving Fall 2023: 12.5812.5835.3313 Apr 20189 Sep 2023

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.

  • Noah Paredes — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Katie Hull — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Owen Chen — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.