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Maximilian Elsener

2×2 · top 0.45% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019ELSE02

Maximilian Elsener has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.94, set at Swisscubing Cup II 2022, puts him in the top 0.45% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Switzerland. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 62 competitions since March 2019, he has put 1,696 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 16 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.29 in March 2019 to 8.88, a 73% improvement. Maximilian has entered 62 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.45% of 186,767 all-time
0.94
signature single · Swisscubing Cup II 2022
1,696
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
2×20.942.84
top 0.45%6 / 913
Pyraminx1.704.21
top 0.67%6 / 655
Skewb2.495.27
top 2.8%19 / 388
3×3 one-handed12.1717.26
top 3.2%22 / 367
Megaminx47.8252.87
top 4.2%13 / 207
3×38.8810.26
top 4.6%55 / 1,197
Clock5.326.55
top 5.3%15 / 226
4×435.8238.35
top 7.5%33 / 462
5×51:04.881:10.44
top 8.3%20 / 266
Square-111.6014.41
top 9.1%14 / 159
7×73:02.883:04.47
top 11.4%12 / 118
6×62:01.982:08.55
top 11.8%14 / 141
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves38.00
top 23.4%35 / 97

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

Zentralschweiz 2019: 33.29Wiler Würfelfest 2019: 32.82Zurich Open 2019: 26.41Swiss Nationals 2019: 23.99Swisscubing Cup III 2019: 21.63Swisscubing Cup IV 2019: 18.68Swiss Science Open 2019: 21.92Swisscubing Cup V 2019: 19.67Xlingen Open 2019: 18.77Swisscubing Cup Final 2019: 19.29Swisscubing Cup I 2020: 17.68Basel Open 2020: 15.59Swisscubing Cup II 2020: 16.56Swisscubing Cup IV 2020: 14.03Offline Schwyz Saturday 2021: 9.50Ticino Open Saturday 2021: 9.25Little Village Open 2022: 10.04Swisscubing Cup I 2022: 8.98Swisscubing Cup II 2022: 9.72Swisscubing Cup III 2022: 9.46Mallorca Open 2022: 11.45Swiss Nationals 2022: 10.33Swiss Science Open 2022: 9.23Swisscubing Cup Finale 2022: 8.88Swisscubing Cup I 2023: 9.83Wiler Würfel Fäscht 2023: 9.10OFFA Speedcubing Meisterschaft 2023: 10.06Newchâtel 2025: 10.32Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats 2025: 9.85Sonvico Summer 2025: 9.018.8833.292 Mar 201919 Jul 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 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.