People · Canada
Max Qi
3×3 · top 8.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024QIMA01
Max Qi has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.28, set at Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 762nd in Canada. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since August 2024, he has put 559 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.13 in August 2024 to 10.28, a 61% improvement. Max has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.28 | 11.37 | top 8.3% | 762 / 10,392 | |
| Skewb | 3.96 | 5.75 | top 10.6% | 223 / 2,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.08 | 7.49 | top 13.7% | 534 / 4,858 | |
| 2×2 | 2.99 | 4.39 | top 14.1% | 947 / 7,173 | |
| Square-1 | 18.27 | 22.28 | top 24.0% | 199 / 952 | |
| 4×4 | 57.85 | 1:09.17 | top 34.1% | 911 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.36 | 31.58 | top 35.2% | 774 / 2,620 | |
| Clock | 12.91 | 15.97 | top 39.3% | 349 / 1,029 | |
| 5×5 | 2:42.23 | — | top 71.4% | 964 / 1,499 |
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
- 9 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025.
- 12 Jul 2025Five personal bests in one day at White Rock's Back to Square-1 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Warm Up Vancouver 2025.
- 19 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Aldergrove Clock Fest 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at PR Time in Burnaby 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.17 at Maple Ridge Favourites 2025.
Competitions
- BC Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Spring Breeze in Burnaby 2026 · 3 May 2026
- Richmond Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Burnaby Winter 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- What Are the Odds Coquitlam 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- Richmond Fall 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Make Cutoff Maple Ridge 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Burnaby Summer 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- White Rock's Back to Square-1 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Warm Up Vancouver 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Aldergrove Clock Fest 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Chill Cubing in Chilliwack 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- PR Time in Burnaby 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Maple Ridge Favourites 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing With Cold Hands Whistler 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Southlands Sprint 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- BC Championship 2024 · 16 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Heewon Hwang — met in 99 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Owen Zong — met in 98 rounds, finished ahead 76 times
- Liam Jimenez — met in 97 rounds, finished ahead 71 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.