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Max Day

3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2014 · 2014DAYM01

Max Day has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.54, set at Manchester Open 2018, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 308th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since June 2014, he has put 1,457 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.61 in June 2014 to 8.54, a 37% improvement. Max has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.54
signature single · Manchester Open 2018
1,457
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×38.5410.27
top 3.8%308 / 6,689
2×22.343.47
top 7.4%514 / 4,895
Pyraminx4.245.91
top 8.9%344 / 3,656
4×438.7044.04
top 10.6%248 / 2,071
Megaminx1:20.591:32.78
top 22.2%263 / 966
5×51:23.861:35.42
top 22.3%296 / 1,151
3×3 one-handed22.7326.72
top 28.0%513 / 1,851
Skewb7.0410.50
top 34.0%800 / 2,421
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 5 cubes · 31:04—
top 36.2%59 / 126
3×3 blindfolded2:18.882:31.74
top 39.6%162 / 311
Square-127.3940.58
top 44.3%394 / 778
6×63:23.524:02.39
top 52.1%314 / 548
Clock16.1517.27
top 52.4%689 / 1,232
7×75:29.285:33.34
top 59.5%289 / 459
3×3 Fewest Moves53 moves—
early days — 1 solve333 / 372
5×5 blindfolded32:44.00—
early days — 1 solve48 / 50
4×4 blindfolded24:32.00—
early days — 2 solves82 / 84

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

Nottingham Summer 2014: 13.61Cuthberts Open 2014: 14.04UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2014: 13.93Oxford Winter 2014: 12.55Harrow Spring 2015: 11.11Edinburgh Spring 2015: 9.91The Glorious North 2015: 11.12August Bank Holiday Competition 2015: 10.45Cuthberts Open 2015: 10.49UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 10.58Manchester Open 2016: 10.43Exeter Open 2016: 10.59Macclesfield Open 2016: 9.75August Bank Holiday Competition 2016: 9.73UK Championship 2016: 9.72World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 9.64Guildford Open 2017: 10.29UK Championship 2017: 9.49Weston-super-Mare Open 2017: 8.77Manchester Open 2018: 8.54WCA European Championship 2018: 10.21August Bank Holiday Competition 2018: 10.00UK Championship 2018: 9.61Manchester Open 2019: 10.45Leeds Open 2019: 10.57Bolton Spring 2024: 10.188.5414.0414 Jun 20146 Apr 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.