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Maximilian Neitzel

3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009NEIT01

Maximilian Neitzel has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.22, set at Dutch Open 2010, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 175th in Germany. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since February 2009, he has put 1,021 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.21 in February 2009 to 8.22, a 72% improvement. Maximilian has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.22
signature single · Dutch Open 2010
1,021
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×38.229.99
top 3.2%175 / 4,109
3×3 blindfolded1:12.38—
top 16.9%59 / 343
2×23.304.75
top 17.8%611 / 2,875
4×451.151:01.66
top 26.1%501 / 1,934
3×3 one-handed22.1329.68
top 26.4%346 / 1,314
Pyraminx7.4610.30
top 31.7%746 / 1,987
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 5 cubes · 34:06—
top 58.0%82 / 142
5×52:16.972:39.10
top 59.3%640 / 1,158
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves—
early days — 3 solves219 / 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

Benelux Open 2009: 29.21German Open 2009: 20.92Brussels Summer Open 2009: 14.08World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 16.94Essen Open 2009: 15.61German Nationals 2009: 13.55Aachen Open 2010: 12.31Benelux Open 2010: 12.43Belgian Open 2010: 10.52Cologne Open 2010: 11.40Düsseldorf Open 2010: 10.25East German Open 2010: 10.50Lemgo Open 2010: 11.21German Nationals 2010: 11.68Munich Open 2010: 11.40Dutch Open 2010: 8.22Aachen Open 2011: 9.13Altbier 2011: 9.97NEMO Amsterdam Open 2011: 9.69German Open 2011: 9.30Hamburg Open 2011: 9.72Belgian Open 2011: 10.71GHS Ingenhovenpark Open 2011: 10.16Alania Open 2011: 10.43Düsseldorf Open 2011: 10.09V-CUBE Spiel 2011: 10.31Munich Open 2011: 9.63German Nationals 2011: 10.72Altbier 2012: 10.16German Open 2012: 8.91Aachen Summer Open 2012: 10.47German Nationals 2012: 9.72Velbert Open 2013: 8.56German Open 2013: 10.31World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 10.27Munich Open 2013: 8.68German Nationals 2013: 9.77German Nationals 2014: 9.348.2229.2121 Feb 20096 Sep 2014

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-1:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,593 people have one; it is 12.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.