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Matthew Vahey

3×3 · top 14.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022VAHE01

Matthew Vahey has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.24, set at Irvine Fall 2023, puts him in the top 14.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,873rd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since August 2022, he has put 120 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.09 in August 2022 to 12.24, a 28% improvement. Matthew has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.7% of 284,439 all-time
12.24
signature single · Irvine Fall 2023
120
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.2414.26
top 14.7%7,873 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed20.6926.36
top 22.4%2,873 / 15,683
2×25.166.25
top 41.3%16,613 / 40,951
Skewb12.4715.55
top 68.3%12,827 / 18,907

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

Marshall Middle Slice 2022: 17.09Bobcat Battle 2023: 12.41UCSD For Hemophilia 2023: 12.60Irvine Fall 2023: 12.24Bobcat Battle Fall 2023: 13.5512.2417.0927 Aug 202221 Oct 2023

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 0.24 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 0.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.