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Max Hamel

2×2 · top 15.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019HAME02

Max Hamel has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.12, set at Slow N Steady Winter 2020, puts him in the top 15.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,111th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since February 2019, he has put 31 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.31 in February 2019 to 14.40, a 12% improvement. Max has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 15.6% of 186,767 all-time
3.12
signature single · Slow N Steady Winter 2020
31
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.126.37
top 15.6%6,111 / 40,951
3×314.4016.19
top 22.4%12,092 / 59,724
4×41:04.061:08.79
top 40.7%6,645 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed57.88
early days — 2 solves12,339 / 15,683

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

CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 16.31Potomac Speedcubing 2020: 18.10Slow N Steady Winter 2020: 14.4014.4018.1016 Feb 201923 Feb 2020

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.