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Max McGill
Clock · top 0.15% of 32,048 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023MCGI02
Max McGill has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 2.32, set at Missouri Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.15% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in the United States. Until May 2024, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since June 2023, he has put 1,585 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.20 in June 2023 to 7.30, a 55% improvement. Max has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 2.32 | 2.87 | top 0.15% | 14 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 1.35 | 2.65 | top 0.27% | 91 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 0.97 | 2.55 | top 0.5% | 205 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 7.30 | 9.07 | top 1.7% | 1,026 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 2.18 | 3.79 | top 1.9% | 273 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 8.31 | 13.04 | top 3.5% | 253 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.38 | 19.15 | top 8.9% | 1,189 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 48.92 | — | early days — 3 solves | 187 / 2,092 | |
| 4×4 | 38.20 | 41.55 | top 10.0% | 1,490 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:11.85 | 1:20.06 | top 12.9% | 998 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 1:11.14 | 1:25.56 | top 16.3% | 1,120 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 2:45.22 | 2:48.96 | top 33.5% | 1,201 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 9 of 13 cubes · 59:34 | — | early days — 1 solve | 308 / 731 |
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
- 7 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at Missouri Championship 2026.
- 22 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026.
- 4 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Wisconsin Championship 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025.
- 26 Jul 2025Six personal bests in one day at Colorado Springs Summer 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cubing at Iowa State 2025.
Competitions
- Missouri Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026
- Cherry Hill Mini June 2026 · 11 Jun 2026
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026 · 22 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- 7x7 Off I-70 MO 2026 · 2 May 2026
- St. Ansgar 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Round Rock Splash & Solve 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Iowa Winter Cooldown 2026 · 28 Feb 2026
- Quad Cities Saturday 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- KCKC 8 Cubing for Cake 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Wisconsin Championship 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Springs Summer 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Land of Lincoln 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Doing Time in Leavenworth 2025 · 31 May 2025
- Algs in Ankeny 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- St. Ansgar 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at Iowa State 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- DuPage Fall 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- KS Air Capital Cubing 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- KCKC 5 Fast and Furious 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Chicago Area Twist Spring A 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Wichita Family ArtVenture 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Air Capital Cubing Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2023 · 2 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Trenton Cuzick — met in 151 rounds, finished ahead 103 times
- Brian Johnson — met in 129 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Chaeli Baker — met in 121 rounds, finished ahead 89 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Clock single — 17 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.