People · United States
Maxwell Renkas
3×3 · top 8.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022RENK01
Maxwell Renkas has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.41, set at Persevere in De Pere 2026, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,771st in the United States. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since August 2022, he has put 234 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.67 in August 2022 to 10.41, a 67% improvement. Maxwell has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.41 | 15.98 | top 8.7% | 4,771 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.00 | 5.22 | top 14.2% | 5,587 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.42 | 8.91 | top 23.2% | 6,269 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 10.62 | 16.21 | top 58.7% | 10,748 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:38.28 | 2:42.82 | top 65.3% | 4,983 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 1:32.46 | 2:00.81 | top 65.5% | 11,560 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 23.49 | 26.24 | top 73.6% | 6,392 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 51.13 | 59.20 | top 77.7% | 11,399 / 15,683 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 11 Jul 2026Five personal bests in one day at Persevere in De Pere 2026.
- 24 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Sturgeon Bay Big Cubes 2024.
- 12 Nov 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.58 at Green Bay 2023.
- 12 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Green Bay 2023.
- 7 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.16 at Swallow Spring 2023.
Competitions
- Persevere in De Pere 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Sturgeon Bay Big Cubes 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Green Bay 2023 · 12 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Wisconsin Cubing Marathon 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Door County Cube Challenge 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Swallow Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing up the UP 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- 2x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Milwaukee First 2022 · 6 Aug 2022
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.
- Carter Kucala — met in 53 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luke Selle — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead once
- Simon Kellum — met in 50 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.