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Matthew Sampsel

2×2 · top 86.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019SAMP01

Matthew Sampsel has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 12.96, set at Trinity Valley Open Spring 2019, puts him in the top 86.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36,061st in the United States. Across 2 competitions since March 2019, he has put 20 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:08.96 in March 2019 to 51.28, a 26% improvement. Matthew has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 86.8% of 186,767 all-time
12.96
signature single · Trinity Valley Open Spring 2019
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×212.9621.52
top 86.8%36,061 / 40,951
3×351.281:17.03
top 86.9%53,208 / 59,724
Skewb19.2126.71
top 88.4%17,001 / 18,907

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

3x3x3 Cube Frisco 2019: 1:08.96Trinity Valley Open Spring 2019: 51.2851.281:08.969 Mar 201930 Mar 2019

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-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
  • A sub-50 3×3 single — 244,718 people have one; it is 1.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.