People · Australia
Maxwell Zhang
3×3 · top 27.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025ZHAM02
Maxwell Zhang has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.02, set at Melbourne Summer 2026, puts him in the top 27.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,574th in Australia. Across 2 competitions since September 2025, he has put 20 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.16 in September 2025 to 16.02, a 16% improvement. Maxwell has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 16.02 | 20.72 | top 27.9% | 2,574 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.17 | 19.74 | top 78.5% | 4,773 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 52.22 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,957 / 2,659 |
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
- 27 Sep 2025First competition: Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025. A 19.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
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.
- Zac Meulenkamp — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ibrahim Cheema — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead once
- Blake Bennett — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.02 away.
- A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 2.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.