People · Canada
Maxim Kanshin
2×2 · top 7.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023KANS04
Maxim Kanshin has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.30, set at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 451st in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2023, he has put 125 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.28 in November 2023 to 11.79, a 53% improvement. Maxim has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.30 | 3.33 | top 7.0% | 451 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 11.79 | 15.04 | top 13.2% | 1,257 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.50 | 8.42 | top 32.0% | 1,423 / 4,858 | |
| Skewb | 7.41 | 9.77 | top 36.8% | 915 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 50.60 | 1:00.20 | top 77.3% | 1,888 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 1:59.16 | — | top 81.3% | 2,454 / 3,118 | |
| Megaminx | 3:23.94 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,040 / 1,375 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 15 Jun 2025First sub-15 3×3: 11.79 at Summit Summer 2025.
- 15 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Summit Summer 2025.
- 8 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 16.36 at PBs in Palisades Winter 2025.
- 19 Nov 2023First competition: Hudson Valley 2023. A 25.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Summit Summer 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- PBs in Palisades Winter 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hudson Valley Winter 2025 · 26 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- PBs in Palisades 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hudson Valley 2023 · 19 Nov 2023
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.
- Nico Ozsvath — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rex Ozsvath — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ishan Donavalli — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.