People · United States
Maxwell Hillman-Freer
2×2 · top 8.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024HILL20
Maxwell Hillman-Freer has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.47, set at NxNything Goes Bloomsburg 2025, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,389th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since September 2024, he has put 364 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.31 in September 2024 to 12.28, a 63% improvement. Maxwell has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 4.05 | top 8.6% | 3,389 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 4.44 | 9.61 | top 14.0% | 2,187 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 12.28 | 15.97 | top 14.9% | 7,948 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.46 | 7.29 | top 16.2% | 4,280 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.78 | 1:21.23 | top 42.6% | 7,012 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 2:11.09 | 2:26.29 | top 51.8% | 3,873 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.19 | 39.89 | top 53.8% | 7,446 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:36.84 | 3:35.07 | top 69.0% | 6,055 / 9,401 |
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
- 20 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cape May Summer A 2026.
- 30 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.55 at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 8 Mar 2025Six personal bests in one day at New-Cumberland County 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.43 at PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025.
- 2 Nov 2024First sub-30 3×3: 25.41 at Penn Cube Day Fall 2024.
Competitions
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- King of Prussia Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cape May Summer A 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Ephrata Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- King of Prussia Spring 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Christmas City Cubing PA 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- NxNything Goes Bloomsburg 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- King of Prussia Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025
- New-Cumberland County 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- East Berlin Favorites PA 2024 · 29 Sep 2024
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.
- Zach Ridall — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead once
- Livia Kleiner — met in 52 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rex Ozsvath — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.