People · United Kingdom
Max Joseph
2×2 · top 1.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015JOSE03
Max Joseph has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.42, set at Bristol June 2025, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 147th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2015, he has put 410 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.29 in May 2015 to 7.44, a 67% improvement. Max has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.42 | 3.61 | top 1.8% | 147 / 4,946 | |
| 3×3 | 7.44 | 9.14 | top 1.9% | 152 / 6,785 | |
| 4×4 | 30.13 | 36.45 | top 3.0% | 68 / 2,112 | |
| 5×5 | 58.17 | 1:04.88 | top 4.7% | 67 / 1,167 | |
| Megaminx | 51.90 | 56.60 | top 6.0% | 82 / 998 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.22 | 17.39 | top 8.6% | 174 / 1,861 | |
| 6×6 | 1:58.42 | 2:14.44 | top 10.5% | 71 / 560 | |
| Square-1 | 13.77 | 17.06 | top 13.7% | 140 / 789 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.25 | 6.81 | top 14.8% | 570 / 3,704 | |
| 7×7 | 3:24.73 | 3:40.72 | top 18.0% | 83 / 463 | |
| Skewb | 5.55 | 7.38 | top 22.4% | 522 / 2,439 | |
| Clock | 9.87 | 11.29 | top 24.3% | 334 / 1,255 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:29.61 | — | early days — 3 solves | 175 / 315 |
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
- 3 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Weston-super-Mare Winter 2026.
- 30 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Bristol August 2025.
- 17 May 2025Five personal bests in one day at Weston-super-Mare Spring 2025.
- 14 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bristol Winter Open 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024First sub-20 3×3: 9.52 at Kewbz UK Open 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 9.52 at Kewbz UK Open 2024.
Competitions
- Bristol August 2026 · 8 Aug 2026
- Weston-super-Mare Winter 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Bristol August 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Bristol June 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Spring 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bristol Winter Open 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bristol Squock Day 2024 · 27 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hampshire Autumn 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
- Kewbz UK Open 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Welwyn Garden City 2015 · 23 May 2015
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.
- AJ Nicholls — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 52 times
- Bella Campbell — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Jacob Sherwen Brown — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.