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Max Rubenstein

2×2 · top 13.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016RUBE01

Max Rubenstein has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.94, set at Australian Nationals 2018, puts him in the top 13.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,039th in Australia. Across 4 competitions since August 2016, he has put 82 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.27 in August 2016 to 15.78, a 48% improvement. Max has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 13.6% of 186,767 all-time
2.94
signature single · Australian Nationals 2018
82
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.947.51
top 13.6%1,039 / 8,567
3×315.7818.32
top 27.1%2,482 / 11,709
3×3 one-handed27.9034.40
top 41.7%970 / 2,659
Pyraminx9.9113.09
top 52.3%2,998 / 5,993
Skewb9.8714.55
top 54.1%1,765 / 3,534
4×41:23.91
early days — 2 solves1,651 / 3,051
Square-159.82
early days — 1 solve781 / 899

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

Australian Nationals 2016: 30.27Warm Up Sydney 2018: 19.50Australian Nationals 2018: 16.98Cool Down Sydney 2019: 15.7815.7830.2720 Aug 201610 Feb 2019

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.

  • Edbert Sim — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
  • William Tao — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Caleb Clark — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.