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Owen Matson

3×3 · top 37.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015MATS02

Owen Matson has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.96, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2017, puts him in the top 37.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20,825th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since October 2015, he has put 44 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.59 in October 2015 to 18.96, a 55% improvement. Owen has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 37.0% of 284,439 all-time
18.96
signature single · CubingUSA Nationals 2017
44
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×318.9624.19
top 37.0%20,825 / 59,724
2×29.0411.40
top 73.7%30,482 / 40,951

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

Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2015: 42.59Northeastern Fall 2015: 24.62Sharon Winter 2016: 20.99Williams Winter 2016: 21.25Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016: 27.55Monument Mountain Winter 2017: 25.82CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 18.9618.9642.593 Oct 20157 Jul 2017

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 3.96 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.04 away.

Targets move as he improves.