People · United States
Max Gawelko
3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018GAWE01
Max Gawelko has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.28, set at River Hill Fall 2022, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,089th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2018, he has put 161 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.38 in June 2018 to 9.28, a 47% 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.28 | 12.18 | top 5.5% | 3,089 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.09 | 3.44 | top 15.3% | 5,988 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.51 | 25.93 | top 16.4% | 2,130 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 46.27 | 51.53 | top 19.9% | 3,020 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.28 | 9.62 | top 30.2% | 8,377 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 6.90 | 7.98 | top 32.9% | 5,511 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:46.69 | 1:56.99 | top 40.3% | 3,257 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 25.93 | 30.69 | top 41.3% | 2,674 / 6,743 |
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
- 27 Aug 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.73 at Westport Summer 2022.
- 22 Sep 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.11 at Kew Forest Open 2018.
- 22 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Kew Forest Open 2018.
- 16 Jun 2018First competition: New Hope Open Spring 2018. A 20.43 3×3 single to start from.
- 16 Jun 2018First sub-20 3×3: 17.38 at New Hope Open Spring 2018.
Competitions
- River Hill Fall 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Westport Summer 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Brooklyn Fall 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Kew Forest Open 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Brooklyn 2018 · 8 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- New Hope Open Spring 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Livia Kleiner — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kymberlyn Calderon — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dana Yi — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.