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Max Putnam

3×3 · top 33.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024PUTN01

Max Putnam has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.76, set at Vanderbilt Spring 2024, puts him in the top 33.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,520th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since February 2024, he has put 34 official solves on the record across six events. Max has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 33.4% of 284,439 all-time
17.76
signature single · Vanderbilt Spring 2024
34
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.7621.85
top 33.4%18,520 / 59,724
2×26.868.21
top 59.3%24,305 / 40,951
Pyraminx16.0117.03
top 85.1%25,112 / 28,708
Megaminx4:24.42
early days — 2 solves7,492 / 7,841
5×54:40.79
early days — 2 solves9,081 / 9,401
4×47:02.99
early days — 1 solve19,110 / 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

TN Speedsolving Winter 2024: 19.48Vanderbilt Spring 2024: 17.7617.7619.4810 Feb 20249 Mar 2024

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.76 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.