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Maxim A. Umber

2×2 · top 2.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022UMBE01

Maxim A. Umber has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.52, set at DFW Megacomp 2024, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 888th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since October 2022, he has put 740 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.72 in October 2022 to 8.17, a 62% improvement. Maxim has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.52
signature single · DFW Megacomp 2024
740
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.523.00
top 2.2%888 / 40,951
3×38.179.26
top 3.1%1,757 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.074.87
top 3.9%1,032 / 28,708
Megaminx1:00.121:12.77
top 10.1%692 / 7,841
Clock9.1010.65
top 20.5%1,577 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed23.1426.19
top 29.1%3,768 / 15,683
4×454.101:02.24
top 29.7%4,645 / 19,072
5×51:38.081:41.62
top 33.9%2,694 / 9,401
Skewb7.5910.06
top 38.2%6,539 / 18,907
6×64:14.52—
top 70.1%2,747 / 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

DFW Cubing Fall 2022: 21.72Texarkana Winter 2022: 13.68Solving in Shreveport 2023: 10.99Cedar Park Winter 2023: 13.40Houston Spring Side Events 2023: 12.17DFW Cubing Spring 2023: 9.90CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023: 11.74Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023: 9.51DFW Cubing Fall 2023: 8.29DFW Megacomp 2024: 8.50Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 9.23DFW Cubing Fall 2024: 9.08Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024: 9.03The Heart of Texas 2025: 8.97The Heart of Texas Fall 2025: 8.41Texas Championship 2025: 8.178.1721.7223 Oct 20225 Dec 2025

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 0.52 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.