People · United States
Liam Paul Mader
3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025MADE01
Liam Paul Mader has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.34, set at North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2026, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,055th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2025, he has put 201 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.52 in January 2025 to 7.34, a 36% improvement. Liam has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.34 | 8.97 | top 1.8% | 1,055 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.24 | 3.57 | top 6.5% | 2,588 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 34.85 | 40.77 | top 6.6% | 1,022 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.11 | 17.68 | top 8.3% | 1,103 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | 40.33 | early days — 3 solves | 652 / 2,040 | |
| 5×5 | 1:40.49 | 1:49.76 | top 35.7% | 2,840 / 9,401 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025.
- 27 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.29 at Minnesota Cube Melt 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025First competition: North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2025. A 11.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026 · 22 May 2026
- North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Minnesota Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2025 · 27 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Carter Kucala — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nathan Phillips — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Walker Welch — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.