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Max Lombard

2×2 · top 2.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016YOUN10

Max Lombard has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.62, set at Cubetcha 2018, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,049th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since December 2016, he has put 732 official solves on the record across eight 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. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.31 in December 2016 to 11.43, a 49% improvement. Max has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.62
signature single · Cubetcha 2018
732
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.623.40
top 2.7%1,049 / 40,951
Skewb3.165.18
top 5.8%890 / 18,907
Pyraminx3.595.22
top 5.8%1,501 / 28,708
3×311.4313.03
top 11.9%6,410 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed22.9025.78
top 28.5%3,677 / 15,683
4×41:01.291:11.51
top 37.8%6,121 / 19,072
Square-140.2350.47
top 65.7%4,316 / 6,743
Megaminx3:19.55
early days — 1 solve6,397 / 7,841

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

Mega Minnesota Winter 2016: 22.31Mishawaka Winter 2017: 22.91Minnesota Cube Melt 2017: 17.81South Omaha Speedsolve 2017: 15.16Hillcrest Cubing 2017: 13.58CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 15.86Heartland Championships 2017: 14.88Michigan 2017: 14.19Cubetcha 2017: 13.12Fargo Fall 2017: 12.11North Iowa 2017: 13.69Race the Clock 2017: 13.37North Star Cubing Challenge 2018: 12.89CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018: 11.43Cubetcha 2018: 13.40Mega Minnesota Winter 2018: 14.33Copper Country Cubing Summer 2021: 12.31Green Bay 2023: 13.65NxN Minnesota 2023: 13.09Race the Clock Minnesota 2023: 13.67North Star Cubing Challenge 2024: 11.49Minnesota Newcomer Sunday 2024: 12.7911.4322.9110 Dec 20163 Mar 2024

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 — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.