People · United States
Max Kelm
3×3 · top 64.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025KELM01
Max Kelm has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 31.28, set at Iowa Winter Cooldown 2026, puts him in the top 64.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 38,781st in the United States. Across 4 competitions since March 2025, he has put 20 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 51.64 in March 2025 to 31.28, a 39% improvement. Max has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 31.28 | 41.43 | top 64.7% | 38,781 / 59,724 |
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
- 1 Mar 2025First competition: Cubing at Iowa State 2025. A 51.64 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Iowa Winter Cooldown 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Algs in Ankeny 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at Iowa State 2025 · 1 Mar 2025
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.
- George Robert Brown — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Joshua Carey — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brew Scot Farver — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.