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Max Poulson
Skewb · top 7.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024POUL01
Max Poulson has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.50, set at Summer in Bishkek 2025, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,206th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since February 2024, he has put 85 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 11.27 in February 2024 to 3.50, a 69% improvement. Max has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.50 | 8.83 | top 7.8% | 1,206 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.39 | 11.09 | top 31.1% | 8,672 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 25.25 | 29.39 | top 53.2% | 31,124 / 59,724 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Jun 2025First sub-30 3×3: 29.60 at Summer in Bishkek 2025.
- 7 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Summer in Bishkek 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Central Asian Tour Bishkek 2025.
- 3 Feb 2024First competition: Back to Bishkek 2024. A 45.44 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Summer in Bishkek 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Central Asian Tour Bishkek 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- New Year in Bishkek 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome to Bishkek 2024 · 23 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Back to Bishkek 2024 · 3 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.
- Sardar Bakiev (Сардар Бакиев) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Grigoriy Pachin — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Artem Yagolkovsky — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.