People · Canada
Maxime Thérien
3×3 · top 7.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023THER02
Maxime Thérien has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.99, set at Open de Montréal 2023, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 702nd in Canada. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since May 2023, he has put 82 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.47 in May 2023 to 9.99, a 20% improvement. Maxime has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.99 | 12.09 | top 7.5% | 702 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 3.61 | 5.34 | top 21.6% | 1,458 / 7,245 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.28 | 1:05.09 | top 36.8% | 997 / 3,180 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.11 | 39.66 | top 51.5% | 1,202 / 2,632 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.84 | 11.56 | top 51.8% | 2,508 / 4,913 | |
| Skewb | 10.30 | 12.50 | top 56.8% | 1,577 / 2,928 | |
| 5×5 | 2:42.57 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,003 / 1,546 |
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
- 10 Jun 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.99 at Open de Montréal 2023.
- 7 May 2023First competition: National Capital Region B 2023. A 13.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NCR Favourites 2023 · 17 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Open de Montréal 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- National Capital Region B 2023 · 7 May 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.
- ZeJi Wei — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- YiFei Chen — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Reid Robblee — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.99 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.