People · United States
Maxwell Harper
Skewb · top 6.7% of 74,164 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023HARP06
Maxwell Harper has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.32, set at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,052nd in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since June 2023, he has put 427 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.18 in June 2023 to 9.86, a 49% improvement. Maxwell has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.32 | 6.92 | top 6.7% | 1,052 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 9.86 | 12.76 | top 7.1% | 3,958 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.70 | 5.93 | top 11.4% | 3,023 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 2.75 | 4.21 | top 11.5% | 4,596 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 8.17 | 8.96 | top 15.9% | 1,245 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.57 | 33.74 | top 24.9% | 3,247 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 1:28.75 | 1:36.81 | top 27.5% | 1,936 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 59.07 | 1:02.90 | top 35.6% | 5,795 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 2:24.97 | 2:42.35 | top 63.5% | 5,581 / 9,537 |
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
- 24 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.86 at North Carolina Championship 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Charlotte Winter 2025.
- 7 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at Bull City Summer NC 2024.
- 28 Jun 2024Seven personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024.
- 10 Dec 2023Five personal bests in one day at Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2023.
- 4 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at North Carolina Championship 2023.
Competitions
- Wolfpack Wednesday NC III 2026 · 14 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NxN Nonsense NC 2026 · 22 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Concord Summer 2025 · 7 Sep 2025
- North Carolina Championship 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Charlotte Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- NCSU Wolfpack 2024 · 10 Nov 2024
- Bull City Summer NC 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Concord Summer 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2023 · 10 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- North Carolina Championship 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Staunton Speedsolving 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Concord Summer 2023 · 25 Jun 2023
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.
- Orion Leavitt-Lytle — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Nathan Smith — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
- Kavin Rajendran — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.