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Matthew Romero

2×2 · top 17.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017ROME09

Matthew Romero has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.29, set at Santa Fe Spring 2018, puts him in the top 17.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,924th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since August 2017, he has put 35 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.12 in August 2017 to 16.79, a 44% improvement. Matthew has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 17.7% of 186,767 all-time
3.29
signature single · Santa Fe Spring 2018
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.295.89
top 17.7%6,924 / 40,951
3×316.7919.21
top 30.3%16,697 / 59,724
4×41:40.922:17.58
top 71.2%12,796 / 19,072
Skewb14.0218.29
top 74.8%14,160 / 18,907
5×53:34.23
early days — 2 solves8,123 / 9,401

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

Nisei Week 2017: 30.12Santa Fe Spring 2018: 16.7916.7930.1219 Aug 201724 Mar 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.