People · United States
Max Tao Zhuang
3×3 · top 15.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024ZHUA02
Max Tao Zhuang has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.56, set at Tramsheds VI: Winter Sunday 2025, puts him in the top 15.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,508th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since June 2024, he has put 48 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.60 in June 2024 to 12.56, a 39% improvement. Max has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.56 | 13.83 | top 15.9% | 8,508 / 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
- 28 Sep 2024First sub-20 3×3: 13.53 at Coffs Big Banana Bonanza 2024.
- 28 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.53 at Coffs Big Banana Bonanza 2024.
- 15 Jun 2024First competition: Husky Pride Seattle 2024. A 20.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tramsheds VII: Spring Sunday 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
- Tramsheds VI: Winter Sunday 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds IV: Summer Saturday 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
- Coffs Big Banana Bonanza 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Husky Pride Seattle 2024 · 15 Jun 2024
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.
- Luke Smith — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Miles Irwin — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Archimedes Dines — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.