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Max Bradley-McFawn

Pyraminx · top 1.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018BRAD06

Max Bradley-McFawn has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.31, set at Melbourne Summer 2021, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 89th in Australia. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since June 2018, he has put 1,083 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.30 in June 2018 to 9.77, a 74% improvement. Max has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.7% of 129,321 all-time
2.31
signature single · Melbourne Summer 2021
1,083
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Pyraminx2.316.27
top 1.7%89 / 5,993
2×21.543.81
top 2.3%190 / 8,567
3×39.7711.66
top 6.8%632 / 11,709
4×440.8654.08
top 13.1%327 / 3,051
Skewb5.6210.52
top 22.9%602 / 3,534
Clock10.6712.34
top 28.4%298 / 1,095
5×51:34.921:41.03
top 31.4%422 / 1,356
3×3 one-handed27.8732.30
top 41.6%968 / 2,659
6×63:18.17—
top 49.6%302 / 641
7×76:00.93—
top 67.9%321 / 523
3×3 Fewest Moves51 moves53.00
top 81.5%354 / 468
Megaminx3:59.69—
early days — 1 solve1,216 / 1,277

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

Melbourne Winter 2018: 37.30Australian Nationals 2018: 30.06St Kevin's College Spring 2018: 30.15Melbourne Cube Days 2018: 20.99Melbourne Summer 2019: 21.59Brilliant Ballarat 2019: 19.37Cube for Cambodia 2019: 18.36Koalafication Melbourne 2019: 16.77WCA World Championship 2019: 16.26Altona Algorithms 2019: 13.98Puzzling Pakenham 2019: 13.87Melbourne Cube Days 2019: 14.73Surf Coast Cubing 2019: 15.61Melbourne Summer 2020: 14.09Bendigo Cube Blitz 2020: 14.44Melbourne Summer 2021: 12.64Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021: 11.36Melbourne Summer 2022: 11.26Melbourne Mini Sunday 2022: 11.29Wonderful Williamstown 2022: 12.57Victorian Open 2022: 11.35Melbourne Trilogy Sunday 2022: 12.64Apollo Bay Cubing 2022: 11.85Koalafication Melbourne 2022: 11.66Melbourne Cube Days 2022: 11.54Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 9.77Melbourne Summer 2023: 9.86Kensington Summer Sunday 2023: 11.16St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023: 9.95Victorian Open 2023: 10.32Melbourne Cubing for Kids Saturday 2023: 11.12Melbourne Summer 2024: 10.73Melbourne Summer 2025: 9.87Melbourne Summer 2026: 10.719.7737.302 Jun 201824 Jan 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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.54 away.

Targets move as he improves.