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Matthias Armstrong
Pyraminx · top 9.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022ARMS01
Matthias Armstrong has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.42, set at Melbourne Summer 2024, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 451st in Australia. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2022, he has put 178 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His Pyraminx best has come down from 15.60 in April 2022 to 4.42, a 72% improvement. Matthias has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.42 | 7.39 | top 9.8% | 451 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 | 14.22 | 16.54 | top 21.7% | 1,956 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 3.63 | 4.74 | top 21.8% | 1,675 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.98 | 32.35 | top 34.2% | 778 / 2,659 | |
| Skewb | 8.15 | 10.97 | top 42.4% | 1,296 / 3,534 | |
| Megaminx | 2:14.33 | — | early days — 2 solves | 663 / 1,277 | |
| 4×4 | 1:30.94 | — | top 64.2% | 1,839 / 3,051 | |
| 5×5 | 3:48.47 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,288 / 1,356 | |
| Square-1 | 1:15.88 | — | early days — 2 solves | 841 / 899 | |
| Clock | 37.24 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,005 / 1,095 |
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
Best single per competition, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2024.
- 1 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.67 at Victorian Open 2023.
- 1 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Victorian Open 2023.
- 20 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2023.
- 15 Dec 2022First sub-30 3×3: 15.42 at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
- 15 Dec 2022First sub-20 3×3: 15.42 at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
Competitions
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Solving in Sale 2022 · 9 Apr 2022
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.
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Riley Dexter — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead once
- Myles Jarman — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.