Although exact numbers are hard to determine — not everyone tells Spare Room if they’ve had luck at the events — Hutchinson estimates the success rate at Speed Roommating events is about 25 percent. Upper West Sider Matt Schwartz is using the event as an opportunity to talk to multiple prospective roomies at once. “I’ve already met five times the amount of people I would have met on Craigslist,” says the 25-year-old, who works in operations at an investment bank.
