People · Canada
Max Macdonald
2×2 · top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024MACD04
Max Macdonald has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.72, set at Red Deer Favourites 2026, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 208th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since February 2024, he has put 288 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.60 in February 2024 to 9.13, a 63% 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.72 | 2.81 | top 3.2% | 208 / 7,173 | |
| Clock | 5.02 | 6.81 | top 4.5% | 29 / 1,029 | |
| 3×3 | 9.13 | 10.94 | top 5.2% | 493 / 10,392 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.40 | 25.45 | top 21.5% | 461 / 2,620 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.23 | 7.46 | top 21.7% | 917 / 4,858 | |
| Square-1 | 21.84 | 28.79 | top 32.1% | 279 / 952 | |
| Skewb | 7.06 | 11.26 | top 34.1% | 850 / 2,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:39.25 | 1:52.65 | top 34.2% | 356 / 1,375 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.94 | 1:23.35 | top 47.8% | 1,299 / 3,118 | |
| 5×5 | 3:17.00 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,155 / 1,499 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 65 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 274 / 283 | |
| 6×6 | 7:59.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 640 / 665 |
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 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Crossfield Fall 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at Solved Central Alberta 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Solved Central Alberta 2025.
- 3 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025.
- 3 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Out in the Country Crossfield 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Battle of Alberta 2025.
Competitions
- Red Deer Favourites 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Crossfield Fall 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Solved Central Alberta 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Out in the Country Crossfield 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Battle of Alberta 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC and What Calgary 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Canadian Prairie Championship 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubing Among the Drumheller Dinosaurs 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Spokane Spring 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Alberta 2024 · 10 Feb 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.
- Azaro Gorloo — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Cache Adams — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Danny Buschert — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.