People · United States
Max Caldwell
2×2 · top 10.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022CALD04
Max Caldwell has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.64, set at Puzzles in Pottsville 2025, puts him in the top 10.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,057th in the United States. Across 14 competitions since June 2022, he has put 271 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 10 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.01 in June 2022 to 14.58, a 31% improvement. Max has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.64 | 4.48 | top 10.3% | 4,057 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 14.58 | 19.60 | top 23.0% | 12,455 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.29 | 11.57 | top 30.3% | 8,414 / 28,708 |
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
- 9 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.58 at New-Cumberland County 2024.
- 3 Sep 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.11 at Pretzel Mania 2022.
- 3 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania 2022.
- 17 Jun 2022First competition: Pennsylvania Championship 2022. A 21.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026
- PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
- Puzzles in Pottsville 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cumberland County Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
- Cubing in the Ocean County 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
- New-Cumberland County 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- GCU Winter 2024 · 13 Jan 2024
- Cumberland County Cubing 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023
- Pretzel Mania 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- St. Joseph's Prep 2022 · 20 Aug 2022
- Pennsylvania Championship 2022 · 17 Jun 2022
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.
- Zach Ridall — met in 53 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nathaniel Bryson — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ayden Dincher — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.