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Maxwell Liao

2×2 · top 41.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017LIAO08

Maxwell Liao has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.18, set at Cajun Cube Clash 2018, puts him in the top 41.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,697th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since June 2017, he has put 35 official solves on the record across four events. His 2×2 best has come down from 15.19 in June 2017 to 5.18, a 66% improvement. Maxwell has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 41.6% of 186,767 all-time
5.18
signature single · Cajun Cube Clash 2018
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×25.186.69
top 41.6%16,697 / 40,951
Pyraminx9.9812.07
top 52.9%15,426 / 28,708
3×326.4733.16
top 55.8%32,873 / 59,724
Skewb13.6217.08
top 73.3%13,832 / 18,907

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

Texas Two-Day Showdown 2017: 15.19Longhorn Spring 2018: 7.19Cajun Cube Clash 2018: 5.185.1815.199 Jun 201723 Jun 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.