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Max Littlewood
Skewb · top 23.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024LITT01
Max Littlewood has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 5.64, set at Coventry Spring 2025, puts him in the top 23.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 525th in the United Kingdom. Across 15 competitions since March 2024, he has put 250 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.43 in March 2024 to 17.55, a 58% improvement. Max has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 5.64 | 10.57 | top 23.0% | 525 / 2,421 | |
| 3×3 | 17.55 | 22.66 | top 32.7% | 2,201 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 4.77 | 6.22 | top 36.4% | 1,929 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.59 | 11.18 | top 41.3% | 1,682 / 3,656 | |
| Clock | 18.36 | 21.54 | top 59.9% | 774 / 1,232 | |
| 4×4 | 1:33.29 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,454 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:12.56 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,705 / 1,851 |
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
- 19 Jul 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.69 at Stevenage July 2025.
- 19 Jul 2025Five personal bests in one day at Stevenage July 2025.
- 24 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Coventry Spring 2025.
- 19 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage April 2025.
- 11 May 2024First sub-30 3×3: 27.13 at Stevenage May 2024.
- 10 Mar 2024First competition: Stevenage Newcomers Sunday 2024. A 41.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage July 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage May 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage March 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage January 2026 · 10 Jan 2026
- Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage July 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Coventry Spring 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage April 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage March 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage January 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage July 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage May 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage Newcomers Sunday 2024 · 10 Mar 2024
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.
- Ryan Bjarnram — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead once
- James Kyoichi Curry (ジェイムス 恭一) — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rufus Prabhu-Desai — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.