People · Netherlands
Max Thai
2×2 · top 2.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022THAI02
Max Thai has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.57, set at Arnhem Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 60th in the Netherlands. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since April 2022, he has put 711 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.91 in April 2022 to 9.68, a 43% improvement. Max has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.57 | 2.84 | top 2.5% | 60 / 1,665 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.84 | 4.13 | top 3.1% | 56 / 1,283 | |
| Skewb | 3.16 | 5.07 | top 5.8% | 55 / 957 | |
| 3×3 | 9.68 | 11.17 | top 6.6% | 179 / 2,294 | |
| 4×4 | 39.56 | 45.76 | top 11.6% | 105 / 1,000 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.77 | 1:26.46 | top 16.6% | 75 / 532 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.61 | 22.64 | top 22.2% | 141 / 726 |
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
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.81 at Start in Veenendaal 2025.
- 22 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Christmas Cubing Breda 2024.
- 26 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Dutch Open 2024.
- 4 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bigger in Breda 2024.
- 10 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Amsterdam Open 2023.
- 14 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Capelle Cubing 2023.
Competitions
- Classic Cubing Capelle 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Leersum Open 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Little LeideNxN 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Beginner Utrecht 2025 · 3 Aug 2025
- Arnhem Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Start in Veenendaal 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Christmas Cubing Breda 2024 · 22 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024
- Dutch Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Capelle Cubing 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bigger in Breda 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Dutch Winter South 2024 · 13 Jan 2024
- Take Your Time Ermelo 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Autumn 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Amsterdam Open 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Capelle Cubing 2023 · 14 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Alphen Cubing 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Autumn 2022 · 25 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Dutch Spring 2022 · 17 Apr 2022 — 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.
- Vincent Chan — met in 128 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Ivo Stoutjesdijk — met in 128 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ron van Bruchem — met in 123 rounds, finished ahead 100 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.