People · South Africa
Max Pereira
2×2 · top 47.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2025 · 2025PERE59
Max Pereira has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.66, set at Cubing in the Cape Q1 2026, puts him in the top 47.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 520th in South Africa. Across 3 competitions since December 2025, he has put 67 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 7% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 56.46 in December 2025 to 25.52, a 55% improvement. Max has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 5.66 | 7.99 | top 47.2% | 520 / 1,510 | |
| 3×3 | 25.52 | 29.34 | top 53.8% | 832 / 2,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.11 | 17.87 | top 61.3% | 506 / 946 | |
| 4×4 | 1:47.81 | 2:11.18 | top 75.4% | 304 / 491 | |
| Skewb | 17.79 | 27.53 | top 85.7% | 353 / 438 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:07.52 | 1:34.19 | top 87.9% | 347 / 467 |
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
- 8 Feb 2026First sub-30 3×3: 29.78 at Cubing in the Cape Q1 2026.
- 6 Dec 2025First competition: Cubestuff Grand Challenge Cape Town 2025. A 56.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Eversdal Autumn Cape Town 2026 · 24 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Cape Q1 2026 · 8 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Grand Challenge Cape Town 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
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.
- Jesse Osburn — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jahziel Dominic Alonzo — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luca Sitas — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.