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Maximus Shafik

2×2 · top 11.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015SHAF02

Maximus Shafik has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.77, set at Liberty Science 2015, puts him in the top 11.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,606th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since April 2015, he has put 68 official solves on the record across six events. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.94 in April 2015 to 2.77, a 65% improvement. Maximus has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 11.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.77
signature single · Liberty Science 2015
68
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.774.04
top 11.7%4,606 / 40,951
Pyraminx5.6410.26
top 17.4%4,601 / 28,708
3×317.4819.37
top 32.5%18,024 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed41.8155.25
top 67.8%9,679 / 15,683
Skewb13.5719.79
top 73.1%13,789 / 18,907
4×41:53.87
early days — 1 solve14,554 / 19,072

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

Doylestown Spring 2015: 7.94Norwich Summer 2015: 5.00Manhasset Fall 2015: 3.28Liberty Science 2015: 2.772.777.9425 Apr 201519 Dec 2015

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.