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Maxwell MacNeil

2×2 · top 5.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015MACN01

Maxwell MacNeil has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.08, set at Atlantic Open 2017, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 328th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2015, he has put 80 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.20 in March 2015 to 19.19, a 47% improvement. Maxwell has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.08
signature single · Atlantic Open 2017
80
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×22.086.29
top 5.3%328 / 7,173
3×319.1923.95
top 37.6%3,730 / 10,392
Skewb8.6112.91
top 45.8%1,211 / 2,907
Pyraminx10.0318.00
top 53.2%2,571 / 4,858
4×42:15.29
early days — 3 solves2,696 / 3,118
5×53:46.06
early days — 2 solves1,275 / 1,499

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

Atlantic Open 2015: 36.20Atlantic Open Special 2015: 24.88Atlantic Open 2016: 19.20Atlantic Open 2017: 19.1919.1936.2028 Mar 20154 Mar 2017

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.