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Maxwell Carlson
Pyraminx · top 7.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022CARL04
Maxwell Carlson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.94, set at Frozen Lake Minnesota 2023, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,885th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2022, he has put 75 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.93 in April 2022 to 21.33, a 29% improvement. Maxwell has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.94 | 13.27 | top 7.4% | 1,885 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 21.33 | 26.35 | top 43.6% | 25,050 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 9.57 | 16.64 | top 52.3% | 9,406 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 6.37 | 8.45 | top 54.7% | 22,361 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 29.41 | 32.06 | top 83.6% | 7,428 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 2:09.86 | — | early days — 3 solves | 16,179 / 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
- 14 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at NxN Minnesota 2022.
- 29 Apr 2022First competition: CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022. A 29.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Minnesota Slice 2024 · 20 Apr 2024
- Frozen Lake Minnesota 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- NxN Minnesota 2022 · 14 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Day 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022 · 29 Apr 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.
- Tyler Johnson — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Boyd Mayfield — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Carter Kucala — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.