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Maxime Thérien

3×3 · top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023THER02

Maxime Thérien has been competing for 3 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 7.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 691st 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.

3×3
best event — top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.99
signature single · Open de Montréal 2023
82
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×39.9912.09
top 7.4%691 / 10,392
2×23.615.34
top 21.6%1,441 / 7,173
4×41:00.281:05.09
top 36.7%974 / 3,118
3×3 one-handed32.1139.66
top 51.4%1,193 / 2,620
Pyraminx9.8411.56
top 51.7%2,485 / 4,858
Skewb10.3012.50
top 56.7%1,567 / 2,907
5×52:42.57
early days — 2 solves966 / 1,499

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

National Capital Region B 2023: 12.47Open de Montréal 2023: 9.99NCR Favourites 2023: 10.829.9912.477 May 202317 Sep 2023

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.

  • 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 — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.99 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.