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Maxim Duncan
Skewb · top 0.95% of 74,164 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023DUNC06
Maxim Duncan has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.81, set at Land of Lincoln 2025, puts him in the top 0.95% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 147th in the United States. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since July 2023, he has put 356 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 3.20 in July 2023 to 1.81, a 43% improvement. Maxim has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.81 | 3.42 | top 0.95% | 147 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.85 | 6.13 | top 7.0% | 1,796 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 2.35 | 3.01 | top 7.5% | 3,019 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 6.58 | 6.91 | top 9.4% | 741 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 | 10.73 | 12.10 | top 9.7% | 5,349 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.86 | 19.33 | top 10.0% | 1,338 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 1:14.63 | 1:26.11 | top 18.4% | 1,273 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 45.37 | 52.36 | top 18.8% | 2,874 / 19,354 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 13 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Land of Lincoln 2025.
- 16 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Naperville Winter 2024.
- 8 Jul 2023First competition: OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023. A 13.48 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Iowa Championship 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Geneva IL Mini 2026 · 22 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Iowa Winter Cooldown 2026 · 28 Feb 2026
- Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Land of Lincoln 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing at Iowa State 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Naperville Winter 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best 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.
- Max McGill — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Trenton Cuzick — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Sebastian Carrillo — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.