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The World Cube Association (WCA) has well over 100,000 registered competitors and is growing rapidly. Their single goal is to solve an assortment of puzzles as quickly as their abilities allow; the WCA currently recognizes 17 different events and 11 unique puzzles of different shapes and sizes. Despite this, only one solver (also known as a speedcuber or simply, cuber) can be the fastest in each event. These puzzles range from the iconic 3x3x3 magic cube (more commonly known as the “Rubik’s” cube) to dodecahedrons known as Megaminxes, historically called Hungarian Supernova. Of the many solvers who have dominated over the years, none have been as advanced as one. There have been times when a cuber has been clearly better than others but none so much as Max Park. It is safe to say that Max Park is the best speedcuber of all time.
Born on the 28th of November, 2001, Max was diagnosed at a young age with Autism and his parents were informed that he would most likely need lifelong care and supervision. Max’s motor skills were severally vitiated as a young child so to meliorate his hand muscle coordination his mother, Miki Park, bought and taught him how to solve a Rubik’s cube when he was ten. He grasped the concept quickly and overcame her in, being able to solve it faster than her in just a day of practicing.
He went to his first competition in 2012, on August 18th. The competition, Nisei Week 2012, had one event only: 3x3. He got an average time of 20.56 out of five solves in which the fastest and slowest are subtracted. On October 14th he went to another competition and lowered his average down to 16.60 with a best time of 14.48, just two months after getting a 20-second average. In that second competition he dominated 6x6 with a mean of three solves of 3:05.50 with the best time being under 3 minutes. Max would go on to be the fastest cuber of all time in this event, even getting the first sub-1 minute solve in 2022, over 12 seconds faster than the second’s fastest 6x6 solver's best single.
Max broke his first record in 2016, on March 26th in the 4x4 event with a North American record single of only 24.00 seconds. It was over ten seconds faster than anyone else got. He went on to break several more records in many events. He broke his first world record only one year later in the 4x4 event with an average time of 25.53 seconds. Two weeks later on the 23rd of April and OCSEF Open 2017, he broke the 3x3 world record average with a time of 6.63 becoming the first person since two-time world champion Feliks Zemdegs claimed it in 2010.
In 2016 Max attended his first major championship, US Nationals 2016. He won 4x4 and podiumed in every other event he competed in. He repeated this at US Nationals 2017 but this time he won 3x3-5x5 and 3x3 with one hand (OH). In US Nationals 2018 he won every single event he competed in 3x3-7x7 and OH, except for 3x3 in which he “only” placed 3rd. Max placed identically in US Nationals 2019 as well as breaking the 7x7 world record single with a time of 1:40.89, a record that would stand for 3 years until he broke it again in only 1:35.68.
In 2017 Max also attended his first world championship in Paris, France. There he broke the OH ao5 and got three North American Records in 5x5, beating his personal record single twice. In 2019 he attended the world championship in Melbourne, Australia, and dominated 4x4-7x7 and OH, placing first in every event as well as breaking a WR in 7x7, which he would go on to beat again at the US Nationals that year. Unfortunately, he missed out on the 3x3 podium by only 0.02 seconds despite winning the three previous rounds.
In 2019 Max Park solidified his big cube mastery when he grabbed every 4x4-7x7 WR and held onto them ever since with the exception of the 4x4 single, which he later regained in 2022. 2022 was the year he crushed more records than he had ever done before and broke the 4x4-6x6 single and average multiple times. He even broke the 6x6 WR single and average five times in three consecutive competitions. Two for single and three for average. He also broke the longstanding 7x7 records. He got the OH WR average of 9.02 which was later taken from him by a fellow US cuber with 8.70, later lowered to 8.65. Max does still hold second place with an average time of 8.76. In August he broke the OH WR single by 0.72 seconds for the first time in 3 years. In the 3x3 event he broke the 3x3 WR record twice at one competition at the very end of 2021 and in 2022 he broke it again. On the 21st of September, he became the second person to ever get a sub-5 average of 5 in competition with a time of only 4.86, tying the initial breaker and creating the first-ever shared 3x3 average world record. His other notable achievement in 2022 was getting the North American record single and 2nd fastest solve in the world by solving a 3x3 in 3.63 seconds, only 0.16 away from the WR.
In his career, he has broken 66 WRs, more than any other cuber other than Feliks Zemdegs, and won 383 gold medals as well as holding half of all WCA world records and shows no sign of slowing down. Most cubers begin to slow down in their mid-20s as their finger muscles become less flexible and they have to devote less time to the sport due to now holding jobs but with his age being only 20 and his Autism preventing many opportunities he has advantages others do not.
This is not to say that he does not have his share of repugns. Compared to other top solvers his finger tricks are lacking and despite cubing for over ten years his algorithm knowledge is not as expansive. However, he is continuously improving himself through practice and while he develops the fundamentals more slowly than others, he has managed to become the greatest cuber of all time despite these hurdles. Through cubing he has improved his motor and social skills beyond what was thought possible before he began cubing. He has made many friends and is one of the most respected and looked up to cubers in the world due to his perseverance and sheer will. He has become faster in all his events than any other cuber in history. While he might not have every world record, statistics show that he has the fastest average of averages. It is a struggle to keep up with him and very few people are even close to catching him. The reason for this is simple, Max Park is the greatest cuber of all time.
Born on the 28th of November, 2001, Max was diagnosed at a young age with Autism and his parents were informed that he would most likely need lifelong care and supervision. Max’s motor skills were severally vitiated as a young child so to meliorate his hand muscle coordination his mother, Miki Park, bought and taught him how to solve a Rubik’s cube when he was ten. He grasped the concept quickly and overcame her in, being able to solve it faster than her in just a day of practicing.
He went to his first competition in 2012, on August 18th. The competition, Nisei Week 2012, had one event only: 3x3. He got an average time of 20.56 out of five solves in which the fastest and slowest are subtracted. On October 14th he went to another competition and lowered his average down to 16.60 with a best time of 14.48, just two months after getting a 20-second average. In that second competition he dominated 6x6 with a mean of three solves of 3:05.50 with the best time being under 3 minutes. Max would go on to be the fastest cuber of all time in this event, even getting the first sub-1 minute solve in 2022, over 12 seconds faster than the second’s fastest 6x6 solver's best single.
Max broke his first record in 2016, on March 26th in the 4x4 event with a North American record single of only 24.00 seconds. It was over ten seconds faster than anyone else got. He went on to break several more records in many events. He broke his first world record only one year later in the 4x4 event with an average time of 25.53 seconds. Two weeks later on the 23rd of April and OCSEF Open 2017, he broke the 3x3 world record average with a time of 6.63 becoming the first person since two-time world champion Feliks Zemdegs claimed it in 2010.
In 2016 Max attended his first major championship, US Nationals 2016. He won 4x4 and podiumed in every other event he competed in. He repeated this at US Nationals 2017 but this time he won 3x3-5x5 and 3x3 with one hand (OH). In US Nationals 2018 he won every single event he competed in 3x3-7x7 and OH, except for 3x3 in which he “only” placed 3rd. Max placed identically in US Nationals 2019 as well as breaking the 7x7 world record single with a time of 1:40.89, a record that would stand for 3 years until he broke it again in only 1:35.68.
In 2017 Max also attended his first world championship in Paris, France. There he broke the OH ao5 and got three North American Records in 5x5, beating his personal record single twice. In 2019 he attended the world championship in Melbourne, Australia, and dominated 4x4-7x7 and OH, placing first in every event as well as breaking a WR in 7x7, which he would go on to beat again at the US Nationals that year. Unfortunately, he missed out on the 3x3 podium by only 0.02 seconds despite winning the three previous rounds.
In 2019 Max Park solidified his big cube mastery when he grabbed every 4x4-7x7 WR and held onto them ever since with the exception of the 4x4 single, which he later regained in 2022. 2022 was the year he crushed more records than he had ever done before and broke the 4x4-6x6 single and average multiple times. He even broke the 6x6 WR single and average five times in three consecutive competitions. Two for single and three for average. He also broke the longstanding 7x7 records. He got the OH WR average of 9.02 which was later taken from him by a fellow US cuber with 8.70, later lowered to 8.65. Max does still hold second place with an average time of 8.76. In August he broke the OH WR single by 0.72 seconds for the first time in 3 years. In the 3x3 event he broke the 3x3 WR record twice at one competition at the very end of 2021 and in 2022 he broke it again. On the 21st of September, he became the second person to ever get a sub-5 average of 5 in competition with a time of only 4.86, tying the initial breaker and creating the first-ever shared 3x3 average world record. His other notable achievement in 2022 was getting the North American record single and 2nd fastest solve in the world by solving a 3x3 in 3.63 seconds, only 0.16 away from the WR.
In his career, he has broken 66 WRs, more than any other cuber other than Feliks Zemdegs, and won 383 gold medals as well as holding half of all WCA world records and shows no sign of slowing down. Most cubers begin to slow down in their mid-20s as their finger muscles become less flexible and they have to devote less time to the sport due to now holding jobs but with his age being only 20 and his Autism preventing many opportunities he has advantages others do not.
This is not to say that he does not have his share of repugns. Compared to other top solvers his finger tricks are lacking and despite cubing for over ten years his algorithm knowledge is not as expansive. However, he is continuously improving himself through practice and while he develops the fundamentals more slowly than others, he has managed to become the greatest cuber of all time despite these hurdles. Through cubing he has improved his motor and social skills beyond what was thought possible before he began cubing. He has made many friends and is one of the most respected and looked up to cubers in the world due to his perseverance and sheer will. He has become faster in all his events than any other cuber in history. While he might not have every world record, statistics show that he has the fastest average of averages. It is a struggle to keep up with him and very few people are even close to catching him. The reason for this is simple, Max Park is the greatest cuber of all time.