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Max Melad

3×3 · top 18.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023MELA01

Max Melad has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.40, set at Return to Quabbin 2023, puts him in the top 18.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,130th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since February 2023, he has put 21 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.72 in February 2023 to 13.40, a 72% improvement. Max has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 18.9% of 284,439 all-time
13.40
signature single · Return to Quabbin 2023
21
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.4018.92
top 18.9%10,130 / 59,724
Pyraminx6.7312.00
top 25.6%7,032 / 28,708
4×41:54.12
early days — 2 solves14,582 / 19,072

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

Northampton Winter A 2023: 48.72Return to Quabbin 2023: 13.4013.4048.7225 Feb 202324 Jun 2023

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.