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Max Hilliard

3×3 blindfolded · top 0.26% of 12,178 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015HILL09

Max Hilliard has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 15.50, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2019, puts him in the top 0.26% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in the United States. Until August 2019, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 61 competitions since October 2015, he has put 1,111 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.19 in October 2015 to 8.45, a 48% improvement. Max has entered 61 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 0.26% of 12,178 all-time
15.50
signature single · CubingUSA Nationals 2019
1,111
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×3 blindfolded15.5018.28
top 0.26%10 / 2,092
2×21.763.55
top 3.4%1,316 / 40,951
3×38.4510.30
top 3.6%2,057 / 59,724
3×3 Multi-Blind11 of 11 cubes · 43:52—
top 13.6%102 / 731
Pyraminx5.297.89
top 15.0%3,934 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed20.5024.37
top 21.9%2,810 / 15,683
4×452.711:03.17
top 28.0%4,340 / 19,072
Square-120.0522.68
top 28.1%1,847 / 6,743
4×4 blindfolded6:59.817:23.57
top 36.6%155 / 440
Skewb7.8118.58
top 39.8%6,868 / 18,907
5×52:45.46—
top 72.8%6,447 / 9,401
6×67:47.16—
early days — 1 solve4,071 / 4,196

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

Puget Sound Open 2015: 16.19PDX Cubing Beta 2015: 15.53PDX Cubing Alpha 2016: 13.10Atomic Cubing 2016: 14.02Puget Sound Spring 2016: 12.72Rose City 2016: 12.38Idaho Speedcubing 2016: 11.18Atomic Cubing Summer 2016: 11.52US Nationals 2016: 10.34Oregon 2016: 10.17Puget Sound Fall 2016: 10.36Eugene 2016: 10.61Puget Sound Winter 2017: 10.18Atomic Fools 2017: 9.96Eugene 3x3 Mania 2017: 9.41Rose City 2017: 10.33CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 16.87Northwest Championships 2017: 12.07Puget Sound Fall 2017: 10.21Atomic Cubing Fall 2017: 11.72Longhorn Cube Day 2017: 10.78Puget Sound Winter 2.0 2017: 14.17PDX Cubing for Causes 2018: 12.14Puget Sound Spring 2018: 11.69Yakima Valley Cubing 2018: 11.44Oregon State Favorites 2018: 12.03SnoCo Summer 2018: 12.29CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 14.87CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2018: 8.74Hillsboro Open 2018: 9.06DFW Cubing Fiesta September 2018: 9.35Atomic Cubing Fall 2018: 10.96SnoCo Fall 2018: 9.35Puget Sound NxNxN 2018: 10.30Welcome to 2019: 9.52PDX Cubing for Causes 2019: 9.38West Seattle Favorites 2019: 9.69CubingUSA Oregon Championship 2019: 9.93DFW With A Twist 2019: 10.70Lincoln City 2019: 10.48Yakima Valley Cubing Spring 2019: 9.46CubingUSA Western Championship 2019: 10.58Warm Up Sydney 2019: 11.47WCA World Championship 2019: 11.56CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 13.06Puget Sound Summer 2019: 8.87Yakima Side Events 2019: 8.458.4516.8717 Oct 201512 Oct 2019

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-15 3×3 blindfolded single — 19 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.