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Maximilian Goldsmit
2×2 · top 9.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024GOLD14
Maximilian Goldsmit has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.56, set at Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,822nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2024, he has put 117 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Maximilian 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.56 | 4.57 | top 9.6% | 3,822 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.64 | 8.24 | top 11.0% | 2,926 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 14.37 | 16.27 | top 22.4% | 12,263 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 58.44 | 1:09.60 | top 34.9% | 5,679 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.59 | 38.35 | top 45.8% | 6,302 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 29.97 | 1:01.09 | top 49.4% | 3,275 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 3:37.63 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,990 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 3:46.12 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,526 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 7:34.40 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,984 / 2,128 |
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
- 8 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024.
- 26 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Fall 2024.
- 25 Aug 2024First competition: DFW Back to School 2024. A 17.64 3×3 single to start from.
- 25 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.83 at DFW Back to School 2024.
- 25 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at DFW Back to School 2024.
Competitions
- Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Back to School 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests 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.
- Michael Conard — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- James Wang — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ryan Pilat — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.