People · Australia
Max Dowdell
Pyraminx · top 58.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2022 · 2022DOWD01
Max Dowdell has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 10.77, set at Wonderful Williamstown 2022, puts him in the top 58.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,453rd in Australia. Across 5 competitions since February 2022, he has put 57 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 50.88 in February 2022 to 33.86, a 33% improvement. Max has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 10.77 | 22.04 | top 58.8% | 3,453 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 7.63 | 13.23 | top 65.3% | 5,277 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 33.86 | 37.75 | top 68.8% | 7,810 / 11,709 |
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
- 12 Feb 2022First competition: Brilliant Ballarat 2022. A 50.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
- Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Wonderful Williamstown 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Mini Saturday 2022 · 5 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Brilliant Ballarat 2022 · 12 Feb 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.
- Xavier Lianto — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Phoenix Pham — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Peter Au — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.