People · United States
Max Talamantes
2×2 · top 15.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024TALA02
Max Talamantes has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.09, set at Minnesota Championship 2024, puts him in the top 15.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,988th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since March 2024, he has put 166 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.29 in March 2024 to 17.40, a 31% improvement. Max has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 3.09 | 5.55 | top 15.3% | 5,988 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.45 | 9.38 | top 23.4% | 6,345 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 17.40 | 23.81 | top 32.3% | 17,861 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 11.47 | 21.88 | top 63.4% | 11,749 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 2:16.77 | — | early days — 1 solve | 16,735 / 19,072 |
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
- 30 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Minnesota Championship 2024.
- 12 Aug 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.40 at Minnesota Meetup IV Monday 2024.
- 12 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Minnesota Meetup IV Monday 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024First competition: Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2024. A 27.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Minnesota Championship 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rosemount Side Events 2024 · 1 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Meetup IV Monday 2024 · 12 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Minnesota Warm Up 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2024 · 2 Mar 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.
- Eli Sanderson — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Shain Papalotl Longbehn — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kaius Young — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.