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Maxim Molina-Palomares

3×3 · top 60.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018MOLI07

Maxim Molina-Palomares has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 28.85, set at Melbourne Cube Days 2018, puts him in the top 60.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,634th in Australia. Across 2 competitions since October 2018, he has put 27 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.27 in October 2018 to 28.85, a 23% improvement. Maxim has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 60.5% of 284,439 all-time
28.85
signature single · Melbourne Cube Days 2018
27
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×328.8530.99
top 60.5%6,634 / 11,709
2×211.7315.06
top 83.7%7,086 / 8,567
4×42:12.07
early days — 2 solves2,701 / 3,051
Skewb18.6125.80
top 87.3%3,080 / 3,534
Pyraminx21.9828.95
top 94.9%5,772 / 5,993

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

St Kevin's College Spring 2018: 37.27Melbourne Cube Days 2018: 28.8528.8537.2727 Oct 20188 Dec 2018

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 3.85 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 1.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.