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Maxwell Praet

3×3 · top 0.44% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024PRAE01

Maxwell Praet has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.90, set at Warm Up Lent 2026, puts him in the top 0.44% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Belgium. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since September 2024, he has put 1,695 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.81 in September 2024 to 5.90, a 65% improvement. Maxwell has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.44% of 288,433 all-time
5.90
signature single · Warm Up Lent 2026
1,695
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
3×35.907.37
top 0.44%4 / 1,113
2×21.282.16
top 1.3%17 / 783
3×3 one-handed10.4812.56
top 1.4%1 / 314
4×427.1429.27
top 1.4%5 / 464
Skewb2.443.97
top 2.7%13 / 401
5×555.6759.69
top 3.6%6 / 253
Pyraminx3.024.35
top 3.7%23 / 605
Square-19.7114.26
top 5.6%6 / 161
Clock6.037.07
top 7.3%10 / 188
6×61:50.201:55.92
top 7.3%7 / 123
Megaminx1:06.201:13.61
top 13.5%22 / 203
3×3 blindfolded1:09.162:44.33
top 15.9%12 / 68
7×73:22.583:34.57
top 17.2%9 / 91
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves45.00
top 48.5%38 / 69

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

Visé Open Sunday 2024: 16.81Zottegem Saturday Open 2024: 14.55Belgian Nationals 2024: 12.29Beveren Sunday Open 2024: 10.64Christmas Cubing Breda 2024: 11.12Leersum Squared 2025: 10.30Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025: 9.65Hasselt Sunday Open 2025: 8.59Brugge Beginners Open 2025: 9.17Leuven Open 2025: 8.80Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2025: 8.92Cube Camp in Suan Phueng 2025: 8.82Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 7.62Visé Sunday Open 2025: 7.78Beveren Saturday Open 2025: 6.72Zottegem Open 2025: 7.93Belgian Nationals 2025: 7.40Leersum Open 2026: 8.46Poulseur Open 2026: 6.69Leuven Open 2026: 7.48Hurlubik's Cube Mouscron 2026: 6.63No Rush Hasselt 2026: 6.39Twist and Turn Ghent 2026: 7.41Wezemaal Open 2026: 7.14Warm Up Lent 2026: 5.90Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 6.80Mirecourt Open 2026: 7.33Visé Saturday Open 2026: 6.67Zottegem Open 2026: 6.27Waremme Open 2026: 6.335.9016.8122 Sep 202411 Oct 2026

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-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.