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Max Kropp

2×2 · top 4.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024KROP01

Max Kropp has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.90, set at ROC the Cube NY 2026, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,659th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since February 2024, he has put 751 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.07 in February 2024 to 10.28, a 36% improvement. Max has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.2% of 189,179 all-time
1.90
signature single · ROC the Cube NY 2026
751
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.903.77
top 4.2%1,659 / 41,674
3×310.2812.33
top 8.3%4,645 / 60,666
Clock6.397.51
top 8.6%681 / 9,172
Pyraminx4.247.98
top 8.9%2,333 / 29,168
Skewb3.986.35
top 10.8%1,686 / 19,164
3×3 one-handed17.4626.11
top 13.8%1,808 / 15,900
4×442.4245.89
top 15.1%2,297 / 19,354
5×51:19.511:30.34
top 18.9%1,487 / 9,537
Megaminx1:16.791:21.12
top 19.8%1,379 / 8,026
Square-117.9422.93
top 23.3%1,551 / 6,846
6×62:28.752:41.40
top 25.1%908 / 4,262
7×74:23.194:35.86
top 38.9%1,106 / 3,236
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves42.00
early days — 3 solves893 / 2,059
3×3 blindfolded6:11.32—
early days — 1 solve1,853 / 2,128

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

Eastwood Cubing 2024: 16.07ROC the Cube 2024: 14.93A Buffalo Cube Day 2024: 13.77Blizzard Blitz NY 2025: 13.60Green Winter 2025: 14.01Erie Spring 2025: 13.13ROC the Cube NY 2025: 14.16St. Bonaventure 2025: 10.65Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 13.52Brockport Bolt 2025: 11.57Clocktober Classic NY 2025: 11.08Fingertricks in Fredonia 2025: 11.31Two Buffalo Cube Days 2026: 12.33Dockin and Clockin Dunkirk 2026: 11.36Brockport Bash 2026: 12.08Cube Against Cancer Dunkirk 2026: 11.58ROC the Cube NY 2026: 11.04Brighton Brawl NY 2026: 10.28Back To School Buffalo 2026: 11.6010.2816.0717 Feb 202426 Sep 2026

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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.