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Maxim Chechnev

2×2 · top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2011 · 2011CHEC01

Maxim Chechnev has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.79, set at Turkish Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 116th in Russia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 90 competitions since July 2011, he has put 2,445 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.71 in July 2011 to 11.91, a 68% improvement. Maxim has entered 90 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.79
signature single · Turkish Nationals 2024
2,445
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRussia
2×21.796.07
top 3.5%116 / 4,782
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves35.67
top 9.9%22 / 366
3×3 Multi-Blind12 of 12 cubes · 56:44—
top 13.0%11 / 98
3×3 blindfolded1:01.561:10.37
top 13.5%30 / 310
3×311.9114.52
top 13.6%609 / 6,475
Pyraminx5.3811.24
top 15.6%514 / 3,777
3×3 one-handed24.7232.76
top 33.5%533 / 1,770
Skewb8.5513.78
top 45.4%804 / 2,264
4×41:14.861:47.94
top 51.5%909 / 2,080
4×4 blindfolded9:52.9314:57.00
top 56.9%25 / 36
Clock21.2227.63
top 68.1%413 / 714
Square-147.211:04.82
top 73.4%509 / 759
Megaminx3:34.424:05.60
top 84.6%757 / 998
5×53:32.344:10.74
top 86.9%791 / 941
5×5 blindfolded34:54.00—
top 90.5%23 / 23
6×67:26.618:20.91
top 96.4%333 / 343
7×711:34.0012:10.00
top 98.1%269 / 270

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

Moscow North-West Open 2011: 36.71Russia Open 2011: 32.13MPEI Open 2011: 27.78Ukraine Open 2012: 21.83Moscow North-West Open 2012: 19.36European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 20.16MPEI Open 2012: 19.46Kharkiv Winter 2012: 17.61Nelidovo Open 2013: 20.47Ukrainian Open 2013: 18.80Lutsk Open 2013: 17.93MPEI Open 2013: 15.47NULAU Kharkiv Winter 2013: 17.22Kharkiv Open 2014: 15.37Dnepr Cube Day 2014: 17.52Kharkiv Special 2014: 17.05Tula Open 2014: 18.38Italian Championship 2014: 15.38Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 15.57MPEI Open 2014: 15.46Kharkiv Winter 2014: 15.49Moscow Spring Open 2015: 14.53Vrn Spring 2015: 14.20Saint Petersburg Spring Open 2015: 16.43BSTU Open 2015: 14.34World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 15.09Moscow South-West Open 2015: 15.59Belgorod Open 2015: 16.87Ural Autumn 2015: 14.23Two days in Vitebsk 2015: 13.35MPEI Open 2015: 16.39Minsk Winter 2015: 14.64Moscow Christmas Open 2016: 16.52CCC Spring Open 2016: 16.66SPB Spring Open 2016: 16.47European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 15.96Czech Open 2016: 13.77Full Steps in Brest 2016: 14.54SPB Championship 2016: 16.68Philippine Championship 2016: 16.47UK Championship 2016: 17.65MPEI Open 2016: 19.56Cuberussia in SPB 2017: 14.11Tatarstan Spring Open 2017: 13.29Kalmykia Open 2017: 13.58SPB Easter Open 2017: 14.21White City Cubing 2017: 13.41Eretum Open 2017: 13.536.25 Bay Area 2017: 15.45World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 13.82Ukrainian Nationals 2017: 14.37Svetlye Gory Open 2017: 16.72Uzbekistan Open 2017: 14.11SPB Championship 2017: 14.51MPEI Open 2017: 12.48Saratov Winter Open 2017: 14.99Moscow Winter Cubing 2018: 14.66HSE Open 2018: 14.91Chak-chak cubing in Kazan 2018: 13.97Kalmykia Open 2018: 13.11One LY Cube 2018: 13.35YJ Fest 2018: 13.93Svetlye Gory Open 2018: 14.41WCA European Championship 2018: 14.41Ufa Open 2018: 13.21Welcome to Academy 2018: 13.90MPEI Open 2018: 14.94Kostroma Winter Open 2018: 14.12EkatCube Spring 2019: 14.81CCC Open Moscow 2019: 14.03YJ Fest Moscow 2019: 13.95CCC Qualification Voronezh 2019: 13.18Volga Open 2019: 13.51Bogoroditsk Open 2021: 13.70Tyumen Alpaca 2022: 15.54Leovit Anniversary Cubing Kazakhstan 2023: 13.71Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 15.73Azerbaijan Nationals 2023: 14.75Astana Open 2023: 12.77Tashkent Open 2024: 13.7024 Hours Warm Up in Astana 2024: 14.56Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2024: 14.02Turkish Nationals 2024: 14.89New Year in Bishkek 2024: 13.77Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 11.91UCLA Summer 2025: 14.41 Kyrgyzstan Nationals 2025: 13.4311.9136.7123 Jul 201127 Sep 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 0.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.