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Paul Matchett

3×3 · top 26.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019MATC01

Paul Matchett has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.62, set at Ohio State Fall Scarlet 2022, puts him in the top 26.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,498th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since May 2019, he has put 75 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.16 in May 2019 to 15.62, a 56% improvement. Paul has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 26.5% of 284,439 all-time
15.62
signature single · Ohio State Fall Scarlet 2022
75
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×315.6216.97
top 26.5%14,498 / 59,724
2×24.626.90
top 34.5%13,730 / 40,951
Pyraminx8.0710.95
top 36.8%10,419 / 28,708
Megaminx1:52.422:12.62
top 41.7%3,029 / 7,841
Skewb8.9114.79
top 47.8%8,488 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed41.541:02.33
top 67.5%9,633 / 15,683
4×41:53.73
early days — 2 solves14,540 / 19,072

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

Kent State Taco Bash 2019: 35.16Kent Fall 2019: 23.79Garrettsville G-Men Classic 2020: 19.49Arnold Classic North America A 2020: 20.08Ohio State Fall Scarlet 2022: 15.6215.6235.164 May 201930 Oct 2022

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 0.62 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.