People · Ireland
Max Clavin
2×2 · top 6.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024CLAV03
Max Clavin has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.22, set at Halifax Fall 2025, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 99th in Ireland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2024, he has put 218 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.07 in April 2024 to 13.90, a 40% improvement. Max has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.22 | 5.39 | top 6.4% | 99 / 1,163 | |
| Skewb | 4.22 | 8.00 | top 12.4% | 96 / 624 | |
| 3×3 | 13.90 | 17.91 | top 20.6% | 294 / 1,427 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.21 | 9.37 | top 21.6% | 247 / 911 | |
| Square-1 | 20.87 | 24.76 | top 29.9% | 68 / 194 | |
| Megaminx | 2:19.62 | 2:31.10 | top 56.1% | 157 / 283 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.20 | 48.82 | top 62.7% | 240 / 448 | |
| 4×4 | 1:32.02 | 1:46.85 | top 65.1% | 334 / 579 | |
| Clock | 22.56 | 23.55 | top 71.5% | 254 / 331 | |
| 5×5 | 2:44.06 | — | top 72.2% | 205 / 296 | |
| 6×6 | 5:24.55 | — | early days — 2 solves | 122 / 142 |
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
- 4 Apr 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.50 at Moncton 2026.
- 4 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Moncton 2026.
- 16 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Halifax Fall 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Moncton 2025.
- 30 Jun 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.92 at Halifax Summer 2024.
- 7 Apr 2024First competition: Charlottetown Mini 2024. A 23.07 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Moncton 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- TUD Unscramble Day 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Halifax Fall 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Charlottetown 2025 · 6 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Moncton 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Maritimes 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Halifax Summer 2024 · 30 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Charlottetown Mini 2024 · 7 Apr 2024
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.
- Gavin Carey-Sullivan — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 39 times · head to head
- Jérôme LaRochelle — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Joe Petrash — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.