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Matthew Tran

3×3 · top 16.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016TRAN03

Matthew Tran has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.63, set at Newport Fall 2017, puts him in the top 16.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,639th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since February 2016, he has put 35 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.96 in February 2016 to 12.63, a 53% improvement. Matthew has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 16.1% of 284,439 all-time
12.63
signature single · Newport Fall 2017
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.6314.81
top 16.1%8,639 / 59,724
2×24.685.15
top 35.2%14,057 / 40,951

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

Caltech Winter 2016: 26.96TFTI San Diego 2016: 20.02Newport Fall 2017: 12.63Thanks for the InFive 2018: 12.7912.6326.9620 Feb 201612 May 2018

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 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.