People · United States
Matthew Shay
3×3 · top 0.69% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015SHAY01
Matthew Shay has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.29, set at Westview Winter A 2021, puts him in the top 0.69% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 459th in the United States. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since May 2015, he has put 506 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.33 in May 2015 to 6.29, a 69% improvement. Matthew has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.29 | 7.63 | top 0.69% | 459 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 28.51 | 33.81 | top 2.0% | 344 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.24 | 14.62 | top 2.1% | 344 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.16 | 6.04 | top 8.5% | 2,223 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 1:06.80 | 1:14.88 | top 9.6% | 760 / 9,537 | |
| 2×2 | 2.63 | 3.91 | top 10.3% | 4,093 / 41,674 | |
| Square-1 | 12.99 | 14.11 | top 11.9% | 841 / 6,846 | |
| Skewb | 5.25 | 7.60 | top 20.2% | 3,253 / 19,164 | |
| 6×6 | 2:33.31 | 2:54.19 | top 27.4% | 981 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 4:19.07 | 4:24.99 | top 37.4% | 1,062 / 3,236 | |
| Megaminx | 2:20.29 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,351 / 8,026 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 12 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at Another Bruin Cube Day 2019.
- 20 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at Poly Cubed 2018.
- 13 Jan 2018Four personal bests in one day at Thanks Four The Invite 2018.
- 27 May 2017Three personal bests in one day at Cerritos Open 2017.
- 26 Mar 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.90 at Newport Spring 2016.
- 26 Mar 2016Three personal bests in one day at Newport Spring 2016.
Competitions
- Westview Winter A 2021 · 11 Dec 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Bobcat Battle 2019 · 16 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Mudd Fall 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Nisei Week 2019 · 17 Aug 2019
- Mudd Winter 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Another Bruin Cube Day 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Poly Cubed 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Thanks Four The Invite 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Newport Fall 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Cerritos Open 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Qualifornia 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Newport Fall 2016 · 8 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- SoCal Supercomp 2016 · 9 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Newport Spring 2016 · 26 Mar 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Nub Open 2016 · 16 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- SoCal Supercomp 2015 · 27 Jun 2015 — 1 personal best set
- San Diego Summer Splash 2015 · 23 May 2015
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.
- Michael Young — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
- Andrew Nathenson — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 55 times
- Shane Grogan — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 3.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.