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Matthew Spackman

Square-1 · top 15.7% of 25,272 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015SPAC01

Matthew Spackman has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 14.67, set at Utah Megacomp II 2017, puts him in the top 15.7% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,055th in the United States. Across 11 competitions since September 2015, he has put 251 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.37 in September 2015 to 13.12, a 32% improvement. Matthew has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 15.7% of 25,272 all-time
14.67
signature single · Utah Megacomp II 2017
251
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Square-114.6720.86
top 15.7%1,055 / 6,743
3×313.1214.05
top 17.8%9,559 / 59,724
4×446.5451.47
top 20.2%3,074 / 19,072
2×23.645.25
top 21.9%8,593 / 40,951
5×51:24.351:30.64
top 22.7%1,758 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed33.6353.21
top 54.7%7,583 / 15,683
6×63:48.734:20.76
early days — 3 solves2,387 / 4,196
Skewb14.2226.85
top 75.6%14,334 / 18,907
7×76:52.75
early days — 1 solve2,467 / 3,184
Pyraminx17.3422.07
top 88.5%26,030 / 28,708

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

Utah Megacomp 2015: 19.37Utah Spring: Gotta go Fast 2016: 15.28Utah Fall Championship 2016: 13.97Utah Cubing for Charity 2017: 14.98Utah Megacomp II 2017: 13.32Utah Speedcube Speedoff 2017: 13.36Utah Winter Open 2018: 14.12Utah Spring Open 2018: 14.38CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 15.84Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2019: 13.12Utah Fall 2021: 14.0913.1219.375 Sep 201523 Oct 2021

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 Square-1 single — 2,502 people have one; it is 2.67 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.