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Matthew Wallisa

3×3 · top 56.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2005 · 2005WALL01

Matthew Wallisa has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 26.94, set at Indiana Winter Open 2008, puts him in the top 56.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 33,490th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since April 2005, he has put 36 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:10.67 in April 2005 to 26.94, a 62% improvement. Matthew has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 56.7% of 284,439 all-time
26.94
signature single · Indiana Winter Open 2008
36
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×326.9432.65
top 56.7%33,490 / 59,724
2×212.9322.09
top 86.7%36,032 / 40,951
3×3 blindfolded7:04.21
early days — 3 solves1,909 / 2,092

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 Spring competition 2005: 1:10.67Northern California Fall Open 2005: 31.29Caltech Fall competition 2005: 28.03Indiana Winter Open 2008: 26.9426.941:10.6716 Apr 200513 Dec 2008

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.

  • Warren Liao — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Leyan Lo — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Eric Johnson — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.