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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.

2×2
best event — top 2.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.57
signature single · Arnhem Open 2025
711
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNetherlands
2×21.572.84
top 2.5%60 / 1,665
Pyraminx2.844.13
top 3.1%56 / 1,283
Skewb3.165.07
top 5.8%55 / 957
3×39.6811.17
top 6.6%179 / 2,294
4×439.5645.76
top 11.6%105 / 1,000
5×51:16.771:26.46
top 16.6%75 / 532
3×3 one-handed20.6122.64
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

Dutch Spring 2022: 16.91Dutch Autumn 2022: 14.64Alphen Cubing 2023: 12.80Capelle Cubing 2023: 12.04Amsterdam Open 2023: 10.95Dutch Autumn 2023: 11.42Take Your Time Ermelo 2023: 11.33Dutch Winter South 2024: 10.96Bigger in Breda 2024: 10.72Capelle Cubing 2024: 10.63Dutch Open 2024: 10.04Dutch Nationals 2024: 11.00Christmas Cubing Breda 2024: 10.34Start in Veenendaal 2025: 9.81Arnhem Open 2025: 9.83Beginner Utrecht 2025: 10.47Little LeideNxN 2025: 10.25Leersum Open 2026: 9.76Classic Cubing Capelle 2026: 9.689.6816.9117 Apr 20228 Mar 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

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.