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Matthew Shin-Scott

3×3 · top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017SHIN10

Matthew Shin-Scott has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.17, set at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 508th in Canada. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since June 2017, he has put 81 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 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.82 in June 2017 to 9.17, a 68% improvement. Matthew has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time
9.17
signature single · Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022
81
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×39.1712.63
top 5.3%508 / 10,392
2×22.174.76
top 6.0%387 / 7,173
4×447.2856.92
top 21.2%530 / 3,118
Skewb10.0617.94
top 55.3%1,533 / 2,907
Pyraminx11.3816.61
top 63.2%3,097 / 4,858

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

Newmarket Open 2017: 28.82Pickering 2017: 25.493x3x3 Only Hamilton B 2022: 10.48Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 9.17Greater Toronto 2024: 11.589.1728.8217 Jun 201718 Feb 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.