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Maxwell Dorset

2×2 · top 1.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015DORS01

Maxwell Dorset has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.23, set at Solving in Sale 2026, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 117th in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 41 competitions since October 2015, he has put 1,259 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 16 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.83 in October 2015 to 9.05, an 80% improvement. Maxwell has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.23
signature single · Solving in Sale 2026
1,259
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×21.232.22
top 1.1%117 / 8,567
Skewb2.293.91
top 2.2%75 / 3,534
3×39.0510.92
top 5.0%464 / 11,709
5×51:00.301:08.95
top 5.7%75 / 1,356
4×435.6737.77
top 7.3%194 / 3,051
6×61:53.722:03.96
top 8.6%51 / 641
7×72:56.202:57.80
top 9.5%42 / 523
Pyraminx4.588.11
top 10.7%491 / 5,993
Megaminx1:05.711:17.79
top 13.1%164 / 1,277
3×3 one-handed18.1120.79
top 15.3%342 / 2,659
Clock9.5717.43
top 23.0%258 / 1,095
Square-121.0730.30
top 30.4%294 / 899
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves—
early days — 2 solves205 / 468

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

Australian Nationals 2015: 44.83Melbourne Cube Days 2015: 1:05.77Cubing Classic 2016: 50.64Melbourne Autumn 2016: 40.27Connor's Cube Day 2016: 29.72Australian Nationals 2016: 33.85Cubing Classic 2017: 59.46St Kevin's College Spring 2018: 29.82Melbourne Cube Days 2018: 34.46WCA World Championship 2019: 29.21Koalafication Melbourne 2022: 21.32Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 18.78Melbourne Summer 2023: 17.70Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 16.19Victorian Open 2023: 13.18South Australian Open 2023: 12.91The Big Cube Melbourne 2023: 12.81Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 12.52Melbourne Summer 2024: 13.01Altona Algorithms 2024: 11.59Brilliant Ballarat 2024: 12.14Kensington May Sunday 2024: 11.28Australian Nationals 2024: 11.18Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024: 10.79Nimble Newborough 2024: 9.82Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 10.80Don't Inverloch Up 2025: 10.94VIC State Championship 2025: 9.92Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.14Australian Nationals 2025: 9.10Nimble Newborough 2025: 11.28Melbourne Summer 2026: 10.60Don't Inverloch Up 2026: 9.72West Melbourne Open 2026: 9.53Solving in Sale 2026: 10.37Spark Melbourne Autumn Sunday 2026: 11.20Australian Nationals 2026: 9.44Geelong Winter 2026: 9.059.051:05.773 Oct 201529 Aug 2026

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.29 away.

Targets move as he improves.