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Maxwell Williamson
3×3 · top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015WILL11
Maxwell Williamson has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.09, set at Miami Skewbed 2024, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,678th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2015, he has put 117 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.21 in October 2015 to 8.09, an 82% improvement. Maxwell has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 8.09 | 9.84 | top 2.9% | 1,678 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.29 | 4.12 | top 17.7% | 6,924 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 46.14 | 53.98 | top 19.7% | 2,999 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.61 | 11.63 | top 49.9% | 14,482 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 13.85 | 22.30 | top 74.2% | 14,015 / 18,907 |
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
- 14 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 11.32 at Cubing Knights IV 2023.
- 14 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.34 at Cubing Knights IV 2023.
- 14 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Knights IV 2023.
- 29 Jul 2017First sub-20 3×3: 19.56 at Cubing Knights 2017.
- 13 Feb 2016First sub-30 3×3: 28.02 at For The Love Of Cubing 2016.
- 3 Oct 2015First competition: Cubetoberfest 2015. A 46.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Thrice as Nice Miami 2025 · 14 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Miami Skewbed 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Miami Spring 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Knights IV 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Knights 2017 · 29 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- For The Love Of Cubing 2016 · 13 Feb 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubetoberfest 2015 · 3 Oct 2015
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.
- Nathan Graves — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Dylan Teboe — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- James Olarte — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.