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Maxwell Ryznic

2×2 · top 4.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023RYZN01

Maxwell Ryznic has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.99, set at Lodi Solves Spring 2026, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,867th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since January 2023, he has put 279 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.51 in January 2023 to 13.20, a 67% improvement. Maxwell has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.99
signature single · Lodi Solves Spring 2026
279
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.994.17
top 4.7%1,867 / 40,951
3×313.2015.70
top 18.1%9,704 / 59,724
Pyraminx8.7114.03
top 42.3%12,149 / 28,708
Skewb10.6413.54
top 58.8%10,786 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed44.88
top 71.4%10,285 / 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

Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023: 40.51Northampton Winter A 2023: 19.48South Jersey Speedsolving 2023: 23.98GCU Spring 2023: 22.64CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 25.43Pretzel Mania Summer 2023: 16.93Princeton Fall 2023: 17.87GCU Winter 2024: 19.53PBs in Palisades 2024: 17.95South Jersey Speedsolving 2024: 21.09New Jersey Championship 2024: 20.94Pretzel Mania Summer 2024: 13.27PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025: 14.22American Dream NJ 2025: 15.26Lodi Solves Spring 2026: 13.2013.2040.5122 Jan 20237 Mar 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.