People · Russia
Maksim Shchukin
Pyraminx · top 12.3% of 130,891 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025SHCH04
Maksim Shchukin has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.86, set at Swift Cubing in Swabia 2026, puts him in the top 12.3% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 360th in Russia. Across 8 competitions since September 2025, he has put 349 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.50 in September 2025 to 12.85, a 62% improvement. Maksim has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.86 | 8.05 | top 12.3% | 360 / 3,784 | |
| 2×2 | 2.91 | 4.34 | top 13.3% | 464 / 4,788 | |
| Skewb | 4.79 | 7.27 | top 16.7% | 248 / 2,264 | |
| 3×3 | 12.85 | 14.61 | top 17.0% | 787 / 6,485 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.75 | 1:14.08 | top 46.7% | 809 / 2,085 | |
| Clock | 15.83 | 20.21 | top 51.2% | 279 / 715 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.36 | 40.33 | top 56.2% | 944 / 1,772 | |
| Megaminx | 2:42.37 | 3:09.80 | top 67.1% | 525 / 999 | |
| Square-1 | 48.33 | 52.21 | top 74.6% | 522 / 760 | |
| 5×5 | 2:51.14 | 3:02.16 | top 75.1% | 658 / 942 | |
| 6×6 | 6:11.62 | — | top 91.8% | 310 / 343 | |
| 7×7 | 9:42.19 | — | early days — 2 solves | 263 / 271 |
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
- 25 Apr 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.32 at Munich Open 2026.
- 25 Apr 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Munich Open 2026.
- 17 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Swift Cubing in Swabia 2026.
- 10 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Rhön Open 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025First sub-30 3×3: 23.88 at South Germany 2025.
- 15 Nov 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.25 at South Germany 2025.
Competitions
- Cubing Days Neuburg 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Franconia Cube Days 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Hessen Open 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Munich Open 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Swift Cubing in Swabia 2026 · 17 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Rhön Open 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- South Germany 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Munich Open 2025 · 20 Sep 2025
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.
- Leon Schmidtchen — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Michael Stocker — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Martin Reinisch — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.