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Maxwell Freda
Pyraminx · top 3.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014FRED03
Maxwell Freda has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.97, set at BA Cube Fest 2018, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 938th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since October 2014, he has put 619 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.32 in October 2014 to 9.36, a 78% improvement. Maxwell has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% 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 | 2.97 | 4.30 | top 3.5% | 938 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 9.36 | 12.26 | top 5.7% | 3,198 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.30 | 4.14 | top 7.0% | 2,793 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 6.95 | 9.85 | top 33.3% | 5,576 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 59.53 | 1:12.70 | top 36.0% | 5,799 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.13 | 36.08 | top 44.6% | 6,029 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:30.62 | — | top 66.0% | 5,754 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 31.84 | — | top 86.6% | 7,705 / 8,927 |
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
- 6 Oct 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.36 at MIT Fall 2018.
- 6 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at MIT Fall 2018.
- 29 Jul 2016Three personal bests in one day at US Nationals 2016.
- 30 Apr 2016Three personal bests in one day at MIT Spring 2016.
- 30 Jan 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.45 at Sharon Winter 2016.
- 30 Jan 2016Four personal bests in one day at Sharon Winter 2016.
Competitions
- MIT Fall 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- BU Spring 2018 · 12 May 2018
- BA Cube Fest 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Summer 2017 · 1 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Maybe Melrose Spring 2017 · 29 Apr 2017
- WPI Winter Cube Day 2017 · 26 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Monument Mountain Winter 2017 · 28 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Quabbin Open 2016 · 24 Sep 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2016 · 29 Jul 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- MIT Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- New Hampshire Open 2016 · 9 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Weston Spring 2016 · 2 Apr 2016
- Williams Winter 2016 · 13 Feb 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Sharon Winter 2016 · 30 Jan 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2015 · 12 Dec 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Northeastern Fall 2015 · 15 Nov 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Lexington Fall 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Norwich Summer 2015 · 12 Sep 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Melrose Spring 2015 · 30 May 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Lexington Spring 2015 · 11 Apr 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2014 · 6 Dec 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Harvard Fall 2014 · 11 Oct 2014
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.
- Tim Reynolds — met in 97 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- JP Noone — met in 91 rounds, finished ahead 42 times
- Sam Schultz — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.