People · United States
Max Shannon
2×2 · top 16.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025SHAN09
Max Shannon has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.22, set at Yuba City Fall 2025, puts him in the top 16.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,594th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since August 2025, he has put 50 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.08 in August 2025 to 17.36, a 14% improvement. Max has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.22 | 4.43 | top 16.8% | 6,594 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 17.36 | 22.78 | top 32.1% | 17,780 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 24 Jan 2026First sub-20 3×3: 17.36 at Agoura Winter 2026.
- 24 Aug 2025First competition: UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025. A 20.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Agoura Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Yuba City Fall 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Unofficial Events 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
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.
- Shane Grogan — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Woytowitz — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Joseph Wu — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.