People · United States
Maxim Zhulin
3×3 Fewest Moves · top 8.0% of 12,294 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017ZHUL01
Maxim Zhulin has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 27 moves, set at FMC North America West 2019, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 187th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since February 2017, he has put 111 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.54 in February 2017 to 10.36, a 29% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 27 moves | 28.33 | top 8.0% | 187 / 2,040 | |
| 3×3 | 10.36 | 12.41 | top 8.5% | 4,692 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.25 | 5.11 | top 29.7% | 11,791 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.11 | 14.03 | top 37.1% | 10,536 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 8.36 | 14.58 | top 44.0% | 7,732 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 31.99 | 39.95 | top 53.2% | 3,499 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 1:23.22 | 1:46.98 | top 58.5% | 10,113 / 19,072 |
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
- 22 Jun 2019Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Western Championship 2019.
- 25 Feb 2017First competition: Caltech Winter 2017. A 14.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2024 · 13 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Mudd Fall 2019 · 5 Oct 2019
- FMC North America West 2019 · 7 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2019 · 17 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Poly Cubed 2017 · 9 Dec 2017
- TF3I San Diego 2017 · 5 Nov 2017
- Caltech Winter 2017 · 25 Feb 2017
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.
- Elijah Brown — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Michael Young — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
- Margot Audero — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.