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Maddox Bolton
3×3 · top 5.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023BOLT05
Maddox Bolton has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.09, set at Solving in Savannah 2025, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,901st in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2023, he has put 121 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.00 in July 2023 to 9.09, a 35% improvement. Maddox has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 9.09 | 12.15 | top 5.1% | 2,901 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.87 | 4.33 | top 12.9% | 5,115 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.06 | 15.56 | top 20.5% | 5,592 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 5.30 | 8.64 | top 20.6% | 3,315 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 48.94 | — | early days — 1 solve | 11,179 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:58.72 | — | early days — 2 solves | 15,303 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 4:19.06 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7,627 / 8,026 |
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
- 4 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.09 at Solving in Savannah 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Solving in Savannah 2025.
- 20 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Middle Georgia Speedsolving 2024.
- 15 Jul 2023First competition: Hobcaw Cubing 2023. A 17.97 3×3 single to start from.
- 15 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.00 at Hobcaw Cubing 2023.
Competitions
- Solving in Savannah 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2024 · 13 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Middle Georgia Speedsolving 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Algorithms on Abercorn 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Hobcaw Cubing 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 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.
- Alex Bohac — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Katie Hull — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Raymond Goslow — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.