Max Park

Max Park (born November 28, 2001) is a Korean American Rubik's Cube speedsolver, widely considered as one of the greatest cubers of all time.

He is the World Champion of 3×3×3 solving and world record holder for the 3x3x3 single solve at 3.13 seconds set on June 11, 2023.

Max Park was born on November 28, 2001 in Cerritos, California.

When Park was two years old, he was diagnosed with autism.

His parents, Miki and Schwan Park, were told that he might need lifelong care.

Park's motor skills were severely impaired and so his mother, Miki Park, taught Max how to solve a Rubik's cube that he had taken interest in.

He began learning speedcubing and performing at competitions.

At his second competition, he came in first place in the 6×6×6 event.

He made progress in social development by waiting in a queue and mirroring body language on a podium at competitions.

Park previously held the world record for an average of five 3×3×3 solves with a 4.86-second average set at Marshall Cubing September 2022 on the 24th of the month.

He is still the North American record holder and tied for second in the world with European record holder Tymon Kolasinski.

Park holds the 3×3×3 world record single of 3.13 set at Pride in Long Beach 2023 on June 11, 2023.

Park is the only cuber other than Zemdegs to have set either 5×5×5 record since 11 August 2012.

Park holds the world records for single and mean of three 6×6×6 solves: 59.74 seconds set at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022, and 1 minute, 7.11 seconds, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023.

Park holds the world record for single and mean of three 7×7×7 solves: 1 minute, 35.68 seconds, and 1 minute, 42.12 seconds, both set at Marshall Cubing September 2022.

Park is the 3-time US National Champion in 3×3×3, 5-time champion in 4×4×4, 4-time champion in 5×5×5, 3-time champion in 6×6×6, 3-time champion in 7×7×7, and 4-time champion in 3×3×3 One-Handed.

Park has official results in 2x2x2 and Square-1, but he has not competed in either of those events since 2014 and 2013 respectively, and he only focuses on 3x3x3, one-handed, and big cubes.

Park is one of the five cubers to have achieved at least five sub-6 second averages of five 3×3×3 solves in competition.

Along with Feliks Zemdegs, he is one of only two speedcubers ever to win the World Cube Association World Championship twice, which he did in 2017 and 2023.

He is currently tied for 2nd place for the world record average of five 3×3×3 solves (by WCA standards) at 4.86 seconds, set on 6 February 2023.

Park first held this record from April 23, 2017 to June 28, 2017 and was the only cuber other than Feliks Zemdegs to hold the record between September 27, 2009 and June 5, 2021.

Park has also set multiple world records in speedsolving in the 4×4×4, 5×5×5, 6×6×6, and 7×7×7 cubes as well as the 3×3×3 One-Handed event.

As of September 2, 2023, he has won 479 total events in World Cube Association competitions.

At the World Championship 2017 in Paris, Park won 3×3×3 and 3×3×3 one-handed and placed 3rd in 5×5×5 and 6×6×6.

Park was the first person to achieve a sub-10 second one-handed average in competition, with an average of 9.99 seconds on 13 January 2018 at Thanks Four The Invite 2018.

He currently holds the world record one-handed average with an average of 8.62 seconds, set at Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023.

Park also holds the world record single for one-handed solving at 6.20 seconds set at Marshall Middle Slice 2022, breaking one of the longest-standing cubing world records which was held by Feliks Zemdegs.

Park holds the world records for single and average of five 4×4×4 solves with 16.79 seconds and 19.38 seconds, set at Bay Area Speedcubing 29 PM 2022 and Arizona Speedcubing Spring 2023 respectively.

Park holds the world records for single and average of five 5×5×5 solves with 32.60 and 35.94 seconds, both set in the finals round of UCSD Winter 2023.

Prior to Park's first 5×5×5 record, the records for single and the average of five 5×5×5 solves had been held by Feliks Zemdegs, who had improved the two records a combined 32 times.

At the World Championship 2019 in Melbourne, Park won 4×4×4, 5×5×5, 6×6×6, 7×7×7, and 3×3×3 one-handed.

Park finished 4th in the 3×3×3 final after winning the first three rounds.

At the World Championship 2023 in Incheon, Park won 3x3x3, 5×5×5, and 7×7×7.

Park is one of two people to have won multiple World Champions (albeit non-consecutively); the other is Feliks Zemdegs.

In 2020, Max appeared in the Netflix documentary The Speed Cubers, a film about speedcubing largely focusing on Feliks Zemdegs and Max Park and their speedcubing journey.

Park won the WCA World Championship 2023 with an average time of 5.31 seconds, beating world record average holder Yiheng Wang, who placed second, and European record holder Tymon Kolasinski, who placed third.

Listed below are Max Park's personal records achieved in official World Cube Association competitions.