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Max Schulte

2×2 · top 20.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022SCHU02

Max Schulte has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.50, set at Berkeley Fall 2024, puts him in the top 20.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,928th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since April 2022, he has put 61 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.56 in April 2022 to 14.39, a 33% improvement. Max has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 20.2% of 186,767 all-time
3.50
signature single · Berkeley Fall 2024
61
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.504.94
top 20.2%7,928 / 40,951
3×314.3918.49
top 22.3%12,067 / 59,724
Megaminx2:51.26
early days — 2 solves5,452 / 7,841

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

Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022: 21.56Bay Area Speedcubin' 31B - Mill Valley 2022: 18.88CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 20.54Berkeley Winter 2024: 17.39Berkeley Fall 2024: 14.3914.3921.563 Apr 202213 Oct 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.

  • Nolan Yiu — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Daniel Cho — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Adih Datta — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.