People · United States
Max Werner
5×5 · top 2.4% of 40,792 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022WERN02
Max Werner has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 52.32, set at North Carolina Championship 2023, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 190th in the United States. Until September 2012, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since May 2022, he has put 494 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.74 in May 2022 to 7.87, a 33% improvement. Max has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | 52.32 | 1:03.84 | top 2.4% | 190 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 | 7.87 | 9.65 | top 2.6% | 1,484 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 35.03 | 39.46 | top 6.7% | 1,043 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.09 | 6.71 | top 8.1% | 2,081 / 28,708 | |
| 7×7 | 2:57.93 | 3:12.02 | top 10.0% | 273 / 3,184 | |
| 6×6 | 1:58.33 | 2:02.25 | top 10.3% | 368 / 4,196 | |
| 2×2 | 2.72 | 3.96 | top 11.1% | 4,396 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 4.07 | 7.85 | top 11.4% | 1,756 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.78 | 21.30 | top 17.2% | 2,217 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:19.80 | 1:26.23 | top 21.7% | 1,492 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 10.81 | 14.62 | top 29.2% | 2,267 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 24.37 | 34.84 | top 37.7% | 2,452 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 42 moves | 49.00 | early days — 3 solves | 1,178 / 2,040 |
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 Jun 2024Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024.
- 4 Nov 2023Seven personal bests in one day at North Carolina Championship 2023.
- 27 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2023.
- 29 Jul 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022.
- 29 Jul 2022Eight personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022.
- 7 May 2022First competition: Jasper Highlands 2022. A 11.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast FMC Championship 2024 · 15 Jun 2024
- Concord Summer 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Choo Choo Cubing B 2024 · 14 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- North Carolina Championship 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Niner Nation Open 2023 · 15 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022 · 29 Jul 2022 — 8 personal bests set
- Country Roads Huntington 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Jasper Highlands 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Katie Hull — met in 91 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniel Mullen — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Jacob Ambrose — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 2.32 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.