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Matthias Gruber

3×3 one-handed · top 4.2% of 73,695 all-time · competing since March 2012 · 2012GRUB01

Matthias Gruber has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 12.83, set at ARGO Open 2013, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Austria. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2012, he has put 202 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.65 in March 2012 to 9.96, a 27% improvement. Matthias has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 4.2% of 73,695 all-time
12.83
signature single · ARGO Open 2013
202
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustria
3×3 one-handed12.8320.85
top 4.2%10 / 184
3×39.9611.13
top 7.3%65 / 530
2×22.964.01
top 13.8%92 / 396
4×443.3447.39
top 16.2%43 / 224
Pyraminx6.1318.36
top 21.0%69 / 261
5×51:25.301:37.25
top 23.5%35 / 118
6×63:12.463:31.06
top 47.0%33 / 64
7×75:10.305:40.21
top 54.0%34 / 53
Megaminx3:06.71
early days — 3 solves78 / 93
3×3 Fewest Moves53 moves
early days — 1 solve48 / 53

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

Austrian Open 2012: 13.65GEL Open 2012: 11.34ARGO Open 2013: 9.96Austrian Open 2013: 10.389.9613.6531 Mar 20124 May 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-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.