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Matthew Sandoval

3×3 · top 23.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019SAND19

Matthew Sandoval has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.69, set at Westport Summer 2022, puts him in the top 23.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,657th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since October 2019, he has put 67 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.06 in February 2020 to 14.69, a 44% improvement. Matthew has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.4% of 284,439 all-time
14.69
signature single · Westport Summer 2022
67
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.6915.97
top 23.4%12,657 / 59,724
Pyraminx9.3015.29
top 47.4%13,668 / 28,708
2×25.707.01
top 47.7%19,289 / 40,951
Skewb10.8516.22
top 60.0%11,009 / 18,907
4×42:07.58
early days — 2 solves15,983 / 19,072

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

Constitution State Winter 2020: 26.06Westport Summer 2022: 14.69Amherst Open 2022: 15.4014.6926.0615 Feb 202010 Sep 2022

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.

  • Evan Liu — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Levi Gibson — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Ethan Co — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 3 times

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.69 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.