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Max Barlow

3×3 · top 55.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024BARL01

Max Barlow has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 26.19, set at Bolton Summer 2024, puts him in the top 55.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,868th in the United Kingdom. Across 2 competitions since January 2024, he has put 15 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.07 in January 2024 to 26.19, a 13% improvement. Max has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 55.2% of 284,439 all-time
26.19
signature single · Bolton Summer 2024
15
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×326.1931.41
top 55.2%3,868 / 6,689
Pyraminx16.5623.51
top 86.6%3,344 / 3,656

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

Manchester Winter 2024: 30.07Bolton Summer 2024: 26.1926.1930.0720 Jan 202429 Jun 2024

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
  • A sub-15 Pyraminx single — 105,805 people have one; it is 1.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.