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Matthew Velasquez

3×3 · top 56.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2013 · 2013VELA01

Matthew Velasquez has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.03, set at Nisei Week 2013, puts him in the top 56.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 33,604th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since February 2013, he has put 18 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.03 in February 2013 to 27.03, a 25% improvement. Matthew has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 56.9% of 284,439 all-time
27.03
signature single · Nisei Week 2013
18
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×327.0330.88
top 56.9%33,604 / 59,724

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 Open 2013: 36.03Caltech Spring Open 2013: 29.33World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 27.93Nisei Week 2013: 27.0327.0336.0323 Feb 201317 Aug 2013

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.