People · Austria
Max Steinwender
3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023STEI18
Max Steinwender has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.28, set at Langenstein City Blind Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12th in Austria. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2023, he has put 255 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.51 in December 2023 to 7.28, a 31% improvement. Max has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Austria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.28 | 9.90 | top 1.7% | 12 / 530 | |
| 2×2 | 1.54 | 3.35 | top 2.3% | 16 / 396 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.62 | 6.27 | top 6.0% | 26 / 261 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.04 | 19.44 | top 10.3% | 23 / 184 | |
| 4×4 | 42.11 | 44.92 | top 14.6% | 40 / 224 | |
| Clock | 9.70 | 13.04 | top 23.6% | 24 / 79 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.66 | 1:40.51 | top 27.8% | 43 / 118 | |
| Skewb | 6.57 | 10.26 | top 30.3% | 58 / 161 | |
| Megaminx | 2:03.52 | — | top 47.7% | 49 / 93 | |
| Square-1 | 29.69 | 44.86 | top 48.8% | 43 / 73 |
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
- 1 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at Trieste Speedcubing 2024.
- 6 Jul 2024Four personal bests in one day at Venzone: Road to Euro 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.71 at Graz Open 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at Graz Open 2024.
- 30 Dec 2023First competition: New Year's in the Dolomites 2023. A 10.51 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Langenstein City Blind Open 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Vienna Autumn 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Trieste Speedcubing 2024 · 1 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Venzone: Road to Euro 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Graz Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- New Year's in the Dolomites 2023 · 30 Dec 2023 — 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.
- Gregor Mikic — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Simone Cantarelli — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Alessio Pandin — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.