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Maximilian Berkmann

2×2 · top 0.66% of 189,179 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014BERK02

Maximilian Berkmann has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.05, set at Welwyn Garden City 2015, puts him in the top 0.66% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 56th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since December 2014, he has put 1,229 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.18 in December 2014 to 10.49, a 58% improvement. Maximilian has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.66% of 189,179 all-time
1.05
signature single · Welwyn Garden City 2015
1,229
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.054.60
top 0.66%56 / 4,946
3×310.4914.15
top 9.0%650 / 6,785
3×3 one-handed17.6725.44
top 14.3%269 / 1,861
Skewb4.538.48
top 14.8%350 / 2,439
5×51:24.241:40.01
top 22.7%306 / 1,167
4×450.9357.94
top 26.0%593 / 2,112
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves40.00
top 26.9%118 / 372
Pyraminx6.9812.44
top 27.7%1,112 / 3,704
Megaminx1:45.292:11.69
top 37.8%437 / 998
Clock12.8917.82
top 39.2%532 / 1,255
Square-127.8036.76
top 45.3%409 / 789
6×63:11.033:24.50
top 46.3%291 / 560
7×76:05.386:16.42
top 69.1%338 / 463

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

Oxford Winter 2014: 25.18Welwyn Garden City 2015: 24.06August Bank Holiday Competition 2015: 18.18Cuthberts Open 2015: 20.64UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 21.84North London Open 2016: 18.23Macclesfield Open 2016: 16.51Guildford Open 2016: 18.14London Open 2017: 18.28UK Championship 2017: 20.13High Wycombe Open 2018: 14.73August Bank Holiday Competition 2018: 18.74UK Championship 2018: 15.48Cambridge Open 2018: 13.79Fontwell Open 2019: 18.72Welsh Open 2019: 13.63London Open 2019: 12.98High Wycombe Open 2019: 12.67UK Championship 2019: 15.38Fontwell Open 2020: 14.60Newcastle Tyneside Spring 2024: 13.29Wakefield Summer 2024: 11.99Manchester June 2024: 13.37Manchester August 2024: 10.49Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 13.28Crewe Favourites 2025: 13.00Manchester January 2025: 13.07Manchester February 2025: 13.15Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 12.4810.4925.1820 Dec 201422 Aug 2025

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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.