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Zachary Matson

3×3 · top 66.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2012 · 2012MATS01

Zachary Matson has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 32.08, set at Dixon Open 2012, puts him in the top 66.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 39,647th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since March 2012, he has put 32 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.16 in March 2012 to 32.08, an 18% improvement. Zachary has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 66.0% of 284,439 all-time
32.08
signature single · Dixon Open 2012
32
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×332.0837.85
top 66.0%39,647 / 59,724
2×29.1612.81
top 74.3%30,750 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed1:11.911:23.13
top 89.8%13,711 / 15,683
4×42:39.33
top 93.6%17,943 / 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

Hillsdale Winter 2012: 39.16Dixon Open 2012: 32.08United States National Championships 2012: 33.8332.0839.163 Mar 20123 Aug 2012

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 2.08 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.