People · Germany
Maximilian Grote
3×3 · top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019GROT01
Maximilian Grote has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.67, set at Cottbus Cubing 2025, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 217th in Germany. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since August 2019, he has put 462 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.58 in August 2019 to 8.67, an 18% improvement. Maximilian has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.67 | 11.59 | top 4.1% | 217 / 4,109 | |
| Square-1 | 10.27 | 14.01 | top 6.6% | 29 / 533 | |
| 2×2 | 2.27 | 3.38 | top 6.8% | 275 / 2,875 | |
| 4×4 | 36.81 | 39.56 | top 8.5% | 164 / 1,934 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.53 | 5.79 | top 10.4% | 265 / 1,987 | |
| Skewb | 4.03 | 7.27 | top 11.1% | 148 / 1,169 | |
| 5×5 | 1:27.34 | 1:34.55 | top 25.2% | 265 / 1,158 | |
| 6×6 | 2:31.47 | 2:42.72 | top 26.4% | 122 / 586 | |
| Megaminx | 1:34.69 | 1:55.60 | top 31.1% | 223 / 787 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.16 | 30.25 | top 31.9% | 420 / 1,314 | |
| 7×7 | 4:38.05 | 5:07.55 | top 43.8% | 174 / 510 | |
| Clock | 16.06 | 18.94 | top 52.1% | 336 / 634 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 54 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 308 / 338 |
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
- 15 Nov 2025Five personal bests in one day at Cottbus Cubing 2025.
- 26 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's German Nationals 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025Five personal bests in one day at Berlin Summer Open 2025.
- 9 Nov 2024Six personal bests in one day at Back to Berlin 2024.
- 4 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.94 at Rubik's German Nationals 2024.
- 4 Oct 2024Nine personal bests in one day at Rubik's German Nationals 2024.
Competitions
- Rahn Education Open 2026 · 1 May 2026
- Cottbus Cubing 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2025 · 26 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Berlin Summer Open 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Back to Berlin 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 9 personal bests set
- National Capital Region A 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome Back Calgary 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Rockies Rager Fall 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2019 · 2 Aug 2019
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.
- Christoph Jadan — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
- Henri Gerber — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Sören Jaan Handschuch — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
- A sub-10 Square-1 single — 1,533 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.