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Maxwell Liu

3×3 · top 13.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024LIUM10

Maxwell Liu has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.84, set at San Ramon Fall 2025, puts him in the top 13.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,155th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since November 2024, he has put 20 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.67 in November 2024 to 11.84, a 24% improvement. Maxwell has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 13.3% of 284,439 all-time
11.84
signature single · San Ramon Fall 2025
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.8415.29
top 13.3%7,155 / 59,724
2×25.086.58
top 40.3%16,199 / 40,951

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

Cool Down Berkeley 2024: 15.67San Ramon Fall 2025: 11.8411.8415.673 Nov 202420 Sep 2025

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.