Speedcubing
Speedcubing is undoubtedly my biggest pastime. As its name suggests, speedcubing is the sport in which you attempt to solve a Rubik’s Cube (one of the highest-selling toys of all time!) at really high speeds. Cubing is something I do both at home and at World Cube Association (WCA) competitions!
Some of my most notable accomplishments include:
- Rubik’s Cube North American Record Holder*
- 1st in the world* for Square-1. My current PRs are a 4.91 average and 4.00 single.
- Speedcubing Ambassador for TheCubicle, the most prominent cubing retailer in the world, having over 200,000 subscribers on YouTube! Consider using my discount code, “maxsiauw”, for 5% off any order you make with them.
- Sponsored by QiYi Toys, one of the biggest cubing manufacturers in the world!
- Raised $3000 for the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine at Bothell Spring 2022, a speedcubing competition I organized
- Raised $2000 for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research at Bothell Spring Open 2023, a speedcubing competition I organized
- 1st in the Pacific Northwest* for 3×3. My current PRs are a 4.03 single and a 6.12 average.
- 3rd in the world* and 1st in North America* for Sum of Ranks. It’s a statistic where you add up someone’s rankings for all of the WCA events. Its purpose is to measure someone’s all-around performance in speedcubing. The lower the sum, the higher someone is on the sum of ranks leaderboard.
- 1st in Washington* for 2×2, 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 One-Handed, Fewest Moves, 3×3 with Feet, Clock, Square-1, 4BLD, 5BLD, and MBLD
- 2019 Pacific Northwest Champion
- 2020 Washington State Champion for 4×4, 7×7, 3×3 Blindfolded, Clock, 4×4 Blindfolded, and 5×5 Blindfolded
- 2023 Washington State Champion for 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 3×3 Fewest Moves, Square-1, 4×4 Blindfolded, and 5×5 Blindfolded
- Gained considerable followings on social media: 6,300+ YouTube subscribers, 3,800+ Instagram followers, 400+ Discord Server members, and 250+ Twitch followers
- Featured in The Age, an Australian newspaper
- 200+ gold medals (1st place finishes) from WCA competitions
*These WCA rankings are the best rankings I’ve achieved in my cubing career, not necessarily my current rankings.