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Max Wang

2×2 · top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014WANG17

Max Wang has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.45, set at Newmarket Open 2016, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 124th in Canada. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since April 2014, he has put 868 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.84 in April 2014 to 7.76, a 34% improvement. Max has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time
1.45
signature single · Newmarket Open 2016
868
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×21.452.11
top 1.9%124 / 7,173
3×37.768.99
top 2.4%238 / 10,392
Pyraminx2.606.76
top 2.5%89 / 4,858
Square-17.5911.94
top 2.5%17 / 952
3×3 one-handed11.8214.76
top 2.8%55 / 2,620
4×434.6939.62
top 6.4%148 / 3,118
Skewb4.075.59
top 11.4%239 / 2,907
Megaminx1:20.551:29.08
top 22.2%199 / 1,375
5×51:28.571:31.97
top 26.1%312 / 1,499
6×63:31.503:36.81
top 55.2%305 / 665
3×3 blindfolded3:44.284:05.98
top 64.4%229 / 351

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

Toronto Open Spring 2014: 11.84Battle of Waterloo 2014: 14.16CanadianCUBING Fifty 2014: 11.35Toronto Open Summer 2014: 12.19Toronto Open Fall 2014: 11.81Toronto Open Winter 2015: 12.89Toronto Open Spring 2015: 11.02Canadian Open 2015: 11.30Toronto Open Fall 2015: 8.37Newmarket Open 2016: 7.76Toronto Limited Summer 2016: 9.77Toronto Limited Fall 2016: 8.65Newmarket Open 2017: 8.26Pickering 2017: 8.28Oakville Limited Fall 2017: 9.23Oakville Limited Spring 2018: 8.53Battle of Waterloo 2018: 7.907.7614.1626 Apr 201421 Jul 2018

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 0.45 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.