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Maksim Chen

3×3 · top 0.36% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017CHEN05

Maksim Chen has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.77, set at Warm Up Wommelgem 2024, puts him in the top 0.36% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16th in the Netherlands. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since January 2017, he has put 1,567 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.55 in January 2017 to 5.77, a 70% improvement. Maksim has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.36% of 284,439 all-time
5.77
signature single · Warm Up Wommelgem 2024
1,567
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
3×35.777.79
top 0.36%16 / 2,294
4×423.6430.27
top 0.43%7 / 1,000
5×555.3957.62
top 3.5%20 / 532
Skewb3.306.11
top 6.6%65 / 957
Pyraminx3.776.51
top 6.6%108 / 1,283
2×22.383.19
top 7.8%163 / 1,665
6×61:56.652:12.12
top 9.8%20 / 205
Megaminx1:07.751:18.45
top 14.3%62 / 414
Square-115.6721.60
top 17.9%59 / 407
3×3 one-handed21.0525.82
top 23.4%148 / 726
7×76:39.16—
early days — 1 solve141 / 169

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

Cubelonia 2017: 19.55The Hague Open 2017: 15.25Zuidplas Open 2017: 15.87Hoogland Open 2017: 17.28Breda Open 2017: 14.87Dutch Nationals 2017: 13.49Dutch Open 2017: 11.21Marathon Open 2017: 12.38Happy New Year Cubing Dordrecht 2018: 12.76Annuntia Open 2018: 10.82Breda Open 2018: 13.09WCA European Championship 2018: 11.67Belgian Summer 2018: 10.34Dutch Nationals 2018: 11.34Dutch Open 2018: 10.68Rijswijk Open 2018: 12.07Annuntia Open 2019: 9.68Dutch Masters 2019: 10.93Breda Open 2019: 10.90Dutch Nationals 2019: 9.50Star Cubing Nijmegen 2020: 10.38Annuntia Saturday Open 2022: 7.86Dutch Masters 2022: 9.15Hoorn Open 2022: 7.82Westfries Open 2022: 7.71Dutch Nationals 2022: 7.85Ermelo Cubing A 2023: 8.66Swedish Championship 2023: 8.42Bigger in Breda 2024: 7.79Warm Up Wommelgem 2024: 5.77Leersum Squared 2025: 7.09Breda Open 2025: 6.73Leersum Open 2026: 7.61Amsterdam Open 2026: 6.61Classic Cubing Capelle 2026: 7.60Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 7.095.7719.556 Jan 201716 Jul 2026

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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 3.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.