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Matthew Ryan Orlob

Skewb · top 13.6% of 73,281 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022ORLO01

Matthew Ryan Orlob has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.38, set at Grizz Cubing 2022, puts him in the top 13.6% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,104th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since November 2022, he has put 169 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.58 in November 2022 to 14.17, a 42% improvement. Matthew has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 13.6% of 73,281 all-time
4.38
signature single · Grizz Cubing 2022
169
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb4.3810.13
top 13.6%2,104 / 18,907
Pyraminx6.0910.00
top 20.7%5,566 / 28,708
3×314.1716.40
top 21.6%11,655 / 59,724
2×23.775.90
top 23.6%9,256 / 40,951
4×41:16.261:33.41
top 52.7%8,938 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed35.5646.17
top 58.3%8,126 / 15,683
Megaminx2:26.802:53.50
top 59.7%4,496 / 7,841
5×52:29.09
early days — 2 solves5,694 / 9,401
Square-154.36
early days — 2 solves5,305 / 6,743
7×77:33.11
early days — 1 solve2,698 / 3,184
6×65:35.91
early days — 2 solves3,605 / 4,196

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

Spokane Fall 2022: 24.58Grizz Cubing 2022: 19.60Grizzly Hibernating 2023: 15.73Spokane Winter 2023: 14.17Back To Tri-Cities 2024: 14.3314.1724.585 Nov 202220 Jan 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 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.