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Max Xiong (熊锐明)

4×4 · top 0.18% of 83,917 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015XION03

Max Xiong (熊锐明) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 21.97, set at Pickering Side Events 2023, puts him in the top 0.18% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Canada. Until August 2014, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 82 competitions since August 2015, he has put 3,141 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.33 in August 2015 to 5.82, a 44% improvement. Max has entered 82 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 0.18% of 83,917 all-time
21.97
signature single · Pickering Side Events 2023
3,141
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
4×421.9726.75
top 0.18%7 / 3,118
3×35.827.19
top 0.38%32 / 10,392
7×71:56.972:00.80
top 0.44%3 / 503
5×543.4549.16
top 0.48%10 / 1,499
3×3 one-handed9.4212.09
top 0.7%15 / 2,620
Pyraminx1.774.63
top 0.78%49 / 4,858
6×61:22.051:26.63
top 0.84%7 / 665
Skewb1.784.71
top 0.88%76 / 2,907
2×21.332.09
top 1.5%95 / 7,173
Megaminx42.5348.63
top 2.3%16 / 1,375
3×3 Fewest Moves25 moves27.00
top 5.1%13 / 283
Square-110.0014.53
top 6.1%42 / 952
Clock6.477.78
top 9.0%62 / 1,029
3×3 blindfolded1:02.721:44.82
top 14.0%50 / 351
3×3 Multi-Blind7 of 7 cubes · 42:27—
top 26.3%39 / 112
4×4 blindfolded6:27.669:37.22
top 32.8%27 / 60
5×5 blindfolded21:48.00—
early days — 2 solves0 / 30

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

Edmonton Open Summer 2015: 10.33Edmonton Open Winter 2016: 9.15Calgary Open Spring 2016: 9.27Edmonton Limited Summer 2016: 8.79Calgary Limited Fall 2016: 8.65QUALberta 2017: 8.71Quanzhou Side Event 2017: 9.32Battle of Waterloo 2017: 8.66Oakville Limited Winter 2018: 7.62Pickering Spring 2018: 8.21Newmarket Open 2018: 8.15Battle of Waterloo 2018: 8.73Michigan 2018: 7.65Winnipeg Open 2018: 8.38Oakville Limited Fall 2018: 7.89Edmonton New Year 2019: 7.88Ajax Winter 2019: 7.92National Capital Region 2019: 7.91CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 7.73Battle of Waterloo 2019: 8.15Winnipeg Open 2019: 7.92Winnipeg Open 2022: 7.65Spruce Grove Summer 2022: 7.20Ajax NxNxN 2022: 7.28Oakville Fall A 2022: 7.51Appleby Winter B 2023: 8.48Pickering A 2023: 6.08Southern Ontario Summer - Waterloo 2023: 7.40Appleby Summer A 2023: 6.50Rubik's x Speedcubing Canada All-Stars 2023: 6.82Appleby Fall A 2023: 6.82Pickering Fall A 2023: 6.23Scarborough Fall A 2023: 6.54Kingston Winter 2024: 7.34Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers C 2024: 6.48Thornhill Spring 2024: 7.41Battle of Waterloo 2024: 6.48Appleby Summer 2024: 6.77Ontario Championship 2024: 6.94Kitchener Mini Afternoon 2024: 6.30Pickering Favourites Autumn 2024: 6.33Alberta 10th Anniversary 2025: 6.53Waterloo Winter 2025: 6.89Mississauga Newcomers B 2025: 5.82Pickering NxNxN Summer 2025: 6.88Brantford Fall 2025: 6.06Pickering Favourites Fall 2025: 6.28Waterloo Fall 2025: 5.87Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026: 7.05Winnipeg Spring 2026: 6.09Waterloo Spring 2026: 7.16Manchester Cubing League - Final 2026: 6.57Brampton Summer 2026: 7.085.8210.3329 Aug 201529 Aug 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.

  • Ryan Wu — met in 285 rounds, finished ahead 148 times
  • Nicholas Patterson — met in 284 rounds, finished ahead 170 times
  • Roan Paone — met in 248 rounds, finished ahead 196 times

Next targets

  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.