People · United States
Maximus Young
3×3 · top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022YOUN15
Maximus Young has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.53, set at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,204th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since July 2022, he has put 198 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.78 in July 2022 to 7.53, a 36% improvement. Maximus has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.53 | 11.05 | top 2.0% | 1,204 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.43 | 6.72 | top 16.0% | 4,221 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.31 | 4.88 | top 17.9% | 7,011 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.66 | 25.26 | top 22.3% | 2,861 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 54.80 | 1:00.17 | top 30.5% | 4,799 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Starkvegas Southern Side Event Special Spring 2023.
- 29 Oct 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.51 at Cowbell Cubing 2022.
- 29 Oct 2022Four personal bests in one day at Cowbell Cubing 2022.
- 29 Jul 2022First competition: CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022. A 11.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Space City Winter 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Keep Austin Weird 2023 · 10 Dec 2023
- Starkvegas Southern Side Event Special Spring 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cowbell Cubing 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022 · 29 Jul 2022
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Catherine Connolly — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Casey Ngo — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.