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Maxwell James Martin

2×2 · top 2.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017MART01

Maxwell James Martin has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.62, set at DeNxNver 2024, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,049th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since January 2017, he has put 50 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.09 in January 2017 to 10.92, a 17% improvement. Maxwell has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 2.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.62
signature single · DeNxNver 2024
50
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.624.34
top 2.7%1,049 / 40,951
3×310.9212.19
top 10.2%5,535 / 59,724
Skewb8.5213.52
top 45.1%7,949 / 18,907
4×41:34.041:37.81
top 66.6%11,766 / 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

Longmont Cube Open 2017: 13.09DeNxNver 2024: 10.9210.9213.097 Jan 201720 Jan 2024

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 0.62 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.