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Matthew Taylor

2×2 · top 13.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017TAYL09

Matthew Taylor has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.93, set at Utah Snowball Bash 2018, puts him in the top 13.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,283rd in the United States. Across 9 competitions since October 2017, he has put 146 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.07 in October 2017 to 12.53, a 50% improvement. Matthew has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 13.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.93
signature single · Utah Snowball Bash 2018
146
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.935.90
top 13.4%5,283 / 40,951
3×312.5314.30
top 15.7%8,442 / 59,724
Pyraminx6.4910.63
top 23.7%6,448 / 28,708
4×41:11.191:31.30
top 48.0%8,026 / 19,072
Skewb11.8016.01
top 65.0%12,098 / 18,907
Megaminx4:19.90
early days — 1 solve7,454 / 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

Utah Speedcube Speedoff 2017: 25.07CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 17.46Utah Snowball Bash 2018: 15.60Utah Valley Open 2019: 13.36Utah Spring Open 2019: 14.22Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2019: 13.84Big and Skewb Utah 2019: 12.53Perfect Vision Provo 2020: 12.7412.5325.077 Oct 201718 Jan 2020

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 0.93 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.