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Slater Metz

2×2 · top 10.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2011 · 2011METZ01

Slater Metz has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.66, set at Cubetcha 2012, puts him in the top 10.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,132nd in the United States. Across 34 competitions since February 2011, he has put 896 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.88 in February 2011 to 12.81, a 39% improvement. Slater has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 10.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.66
signature single · Cubetcha 2012
896
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.664.99
top 10.5%4,132 / 40,951
Pyraminx5.1611.25
top 14.2%3,711 / 28,708
3×312.8115.65
top 16.8%8,973 / 59,724
4×446.5557.41
top 20.2%3,077 / 19,072
Skewb6.8115.39
top 32.2%5,365 / 18,907
Megaminx1:48.632:07.08
top 39.6%2,854 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed27.2931.72
top 40.1%5,348 / 15,683
5×51:54.822:08.55
top 45.9%3,786 / 9,401
Clock15.5917.73
top 50.2%4,099 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves47.33
top 55.5%1,178 / 2,040
6×64:36.61—
top 76.3%3,034 / 4,196
Square-156.72—
early days — 1 solve5,442 / 6,743
7×78:13.23—
early days — 1 solve2,891 / 3,184

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

Colorado Springs Open 2011: 20.88Arizona Open 2011: 19.06Colorado Springs 2012: 14.31United States National Championships 2012: 13.94Cubetcha 2012: 13.18Clock N' Other Stuff 2016: 18.75Minnesota Cube Melt 2016: 16.91Indiana 2016: 17.60Wiscube 2016: 16.70Dixon Fall 2016: 17.31Mega Minnesota Winter 2016: 15.82Mishawaka Winter 2017: 17.28Dixon Spring 2017: 17.56Cat and Mouse 2017: 16.18Hillcrest Cubing 2017: 14.86CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 18.01Wiscube 2017: 15.07ChicaGhosts 2017: 17.51Fargo Fall 2017: 16.48Dixon Winter 2017: 15.46Lions Cubing 2018: 12.81Elk Cubing 2018: 14.97Dixon Spring 2018: 16.26Three Seconds Snakes 2018: 14.13UIUC Spring 2018: 13.87CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018: 17.57Clock N' Cats 2018: 13.16Get to the Point 2018: 16.04Coach Pigeon 2018: 13.43Madison Blind N Stuff 2018: 12.9812.8120.8826 Feb 20117 Oct 2018

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.

  • Joshua Feran — met in 166 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
  • Walker Welch — met in 132 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • CJ Sheng — met in 122 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.