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Max Willardson

2×2 · top 16.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023WILL41

Max Willardson has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.16, set at Utah Newcomers 2024, puts him in the top 16.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,312th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since July 2023, he has put 63 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.07 in July 2023 to 16.65, a 21% improvement. Max has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 16.1% of 186,767 all-time
3.16
signature single · Utah Newcomers 2024
63
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.165.26
top 16.1%6,312 / 40,951
3×316.6519.49
top 29.9%16,418 / 59,724
Pyraminx8.5313.16
top 40.8%11,693 / 28,708
4×41:33.65
early days — 2 solves11,712 / 19,072
Skewb14.7016.66
top 77.3%14,728 / 18,907
Megaminx3:36.01
early days — 2 solves6,790 / 7,841
6×65:19.79
early days — 1 solve3,455 / 4,196

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

Utah Summer Side Events B 2023: 21.07Utah Ice Cubing 2024: 19.73Utah Newcomers 2024: 16.6516.6521.071 Jul 202316 Mar 2024

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.