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Matthew Xiao

3×3 · top 29.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022XIAO04

Matthew Xiao has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.57, set at Victorian Open 2023, puts him in the top 29.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,777th in Australia. Across 5 competitions since October 2022, he has put 102 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.14 in October 2022 to 16.57, a 37% improvement. Matthew has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 29.6% of 284,439 all-time
16.57
signature single · Victorian Open 2023
102
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×316.5718.65
top 29.6%2,777 / 11,709
2×24.396.57
top 31.5%2,459 / 8,567
Skewb10.1813.66
top 56.0%1,837 / 3,534
Pyraminx11.8513.16
top 66.3%3,969 / 5,993
4×41:37.61
early days — 3 solves2,004 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed1:03.72
early days — 1 solve2,211 / 2,659

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

Koalafication Melbourne 2022: 26.14Melbourne Cube Days 2022: 22.84Melbourne Summer 2023: 21.27Victorian Open 2023: 16.57The Big Cube Melbourne 2024: 17.3216.5726.1415 Oct 202220 Jul 2024

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.