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Max Murphy

3×3 · top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016MURP05

Max Murphy has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.89, set at Appleby Summer 2024, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 122nd in Canada. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 49 competitions since June 2016, he has put 1,533 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:04.03 in June 2016 to 6.89, an 89% improvement. Max has entered 49 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time
6.89
signature single · Appleby Summer 2024
1,533
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×36.899.13
top 1.2%122 / 10,392
Skewb2.192.80
top 1.9%28 / 2,907
2×21.603.45
top 2.6%169 / 7,173
Pyraminx3.065.05
top 3.8%133 / 4,858
4×433.1341.14
top 5.1%118 / 3,118
3×3 one-handed14.9617.51
top 8.0%174 / 2,620
Square-111.5516.55
top 8.9%72 / 952
5×51:13.271:23.36
top 14.0%162 / 1,499
Megaminx1:28.051:35.73
top 26.9%251 / 1,375
Clock10.9412.76
top 29.8%270 / 1,029
6×63:12.893:27.50
top 47.2%249 / 665
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves45.33
early days — 3 solves170 / 283
7×75:30.685:42.12
top 59.8%255 / 503
3×3 blindfolded3:55.46—
top 67.0%238 / 351

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

Newmarket Open 2016: 1:04.03Toronto Limited Summer 2016: 29.36Oakville Limited Fall 2017: 12.41Oakville Limited Winter 2018: 13.21Oakville Limited Spring 2018: 11.54Newmarket Open 2018: 11.20Oakville Limited Fall 2018: 10.33Oakville Autumn Limited 2018: 9.27Ajax Winter 2019: 9.36Newmarket Open 2019: 11.03CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 8.71Battle of Waterloo 2019: 11.67Leap to Barrie 2020: 9.00Oakville Fall B 2022: 10.42Appleby Winter B 2023: 10.23Waterloo Favourites B 2023: 8.90London Winter A 2023: 10.26Pickering B 2023: 10.32Newmarket Favourites 2023: 10.14Markham 3x3x3 Morning 2023: 9.30Southern Ontario Summer - Waterloo 2023: 8.47Canadian Championship 2023: 9.25Ajax 3x3x3 Evening 2023: 9.80Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023: 10.29Pickering Fall B 2023: 9.10Scarborough Fall B 2023: 9.00Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023: 8.36Kingston Winter 2024: 7.34Greater Toronto 2024: 8.86London Winter 2024: 9.20Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers C 2024: 8.30Thornhill Spring 2024: 7.92Battle of Waterloo 2024: 8.18Appleby Summer 2024: 6.89Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 7.66Ontario Championship 2024: 7.52Kitchener Mini Morning 2024: 7.44A Buffalo Cube Day 2024: 7.43Waterloo Winter 2025: 7.84Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.29Championnat Canadien 2025: 8.35Michigan Championship 2025: 8.06Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026: 9.02Pickering Mini Morning 2026: 7.956.891:04.0318 Jun 201612 Apr 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.