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Matthew Sun

2×2 · top 13.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014SUNM01

Matthew Sun has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.91, set at Texas Two-Day Showdown 2015, puts him in the top 13.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,203rd in the United States. Across 6 competitions since October 2014, he has put 161 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.75 in October 2014 to 12.54, a 58% improvement. Matthew has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 13.2% of 186,767 all-time
2.91
signature single · Texas Two-Day Showdown 2015
161
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.914.88
top 13.2%5,203 / 40,951
3×312.5415.04
top 15.8%8,463 / 59,724
Skewb5.299.46
top 20.4%3,257 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed26.9039.13
top 39.1%5,203 / 15,683
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves
early days — 1 solve1,031 / 2,040
4×41:16.721:27.48
top 53.2%9,033 / 19,072
Pyraminx10.3113.77
top 55.4%16,203 / 28,708
5×52:53.123:21.28
top 75.8%6,780 / 9,401
Megaminx3:51.88
early days — 2 solves7,126 / 7,841

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

San Antonio Open 2014: 29.75Austin Cubing Limits 2015: 16.41Remember The Alamo 2015: 12.54Small Cubes Open 2015: 13.13Texas Two-Day Showdown 2015: 13.3812.5429.7511 Oct 201413 Jun 2015

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.54 away.

Targets move as he improves.