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Max Brameld

3×3 · top 7.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020BRAM01

Max Brameld has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.14, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,340th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2020, he has put 96 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.47 in January 2020 to 10.14, a 59% improvement. Max has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.9% of 284,439 all-time
10.14
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023
96
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.1412.86
top 7.9%4,340 / 59,724
4×448.6159.86
top 22.9%3,482 / 19,072
2×24.446.73
top 32.2%12,780 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed31.3334.75
top 49.7%6,833 / 15,683
Pyraminx9.6713.62
top 50.4%14,635 / 28,708
5×52:19.08
early days — 1 solve5,196 / 9,401

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

Bay Area Speedcubin' 23 2020: 24.47Reno Fall 2022: 12.55Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023: 10.14Berkeley Spring 2023: 13.18Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023: 12.3810.1424.4712 Jan 20201 Apr 2023

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 8.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.