People · Ukraine
Maksym Shymon (Максим Шимон)
2×2 · top 23.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018SHYM01
Maksym Shymon (Максим Шимон) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.78, set at Ukrainian Open 2025, puts him in the top 23.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 444th in Ukraine. Across 4 competitions since November 2018, he has put 88 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.78 in November 2018 to 3.78, a 44% improvement. Maksym has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ukraine | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.78 | 5.49 | top 23.7% | 444 / 1,894 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.30 | 10.21 | top 30.3% | 506 / 1,471 | |
| Skewb | 7.79 | 13.25 | top 39.7% | 341 / 884 | |
| 3×3 | 22.36 | 35.02 | top 46.4% | 1,213 / 2,868 | |
| Clock | 27.78 | — | early days — 3 solves | 276 / 347 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Nov 2019First sub-30 3×3: 22.36 at Smartcube Fest Kyiv 2019.
- 9 Nov 2018First competition: Smart Cube Fest 2018. A 31.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ukrainian Open 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubes Masters Zhytomyr 2021 · 7 Aug 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Smartcube Fest Kyiv 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Smart Cube Fest 2018 · 9 Nov 2018 — 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.
- Lev Golub (Лев Голуб) — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Vladyslav Hryniuk (Владислав Гринюк) — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mykhailo Akhunov (Михайло Ахунов) — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.