Max Park

Park held the world record for the average of five 3×3×3 solves on four occasions^{[citation needed]} and set the former world record for a single 3×3×3 solve with a time of 3.13 seconds at Pride in Long Beach 2023.^[11] His average record was surpassed on March 12, 2023, when 9-year-old Yiheng Wang achieved a 4.69-second average at the Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023 event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[12] Wang also surpassed Park's single world record with a time of 3.08 seconds at XMUM Cube Open 2025 in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia.^[13]

Park holds the North American record for average of five 4×4×4 solves: 18.74 seconds, set at Mission Viejo 2025, and the former world record for a single solve with a time of 15.71, achieved at Colorado Mountain Tour, which was beaten by Tymon Kolasiński at the 2025 Spanish championships with a time of 15.18 seconds.^[14]

Prior to his first 5×5×5 record, the records for single and average of five 5×5×5 solves had been held by Feliks Zemdegs of Australia, who had improved the two records a combined 32 times.^[15] Park is the only person other than Zemdegs or Tymon Kolasiński to have set either 5×5×5 record since August 11, 2012.^[15]

Park holds the world records for both single and mean of three 6×6×6 solves: 57.69 seconds and 1:05.04 respectively, with the single achieved at Burbank Big Cubes 2025 and the mean achieved at Nub Open Trabuco Hills Fall 2025.^[16] At Southeast Championship 2022, he became the first person to break the 1-minute barrier on 6×6×6 with a solve of 59.74, a feat that 2-time world champion Feliks Zemdegs had previously stated was impossible.^[17]

Park holds the world records for single and mean of three 7×7×7 solves: 1:33.48 and 1:36.86 respectively. They were both set at Nub Open Trabuco Hills Fall 2025.^[18]

Park previously held the world record for 3×3×3 one-handed average of five several times, but it is now held by Luke Garrett from the United States with a time of 7.72 seconds. Park was the first person to achieve a sub-10 second one-handed average in competition, with an average of 9.99 seconds on January 13, 2018 at Thanks Four The Invite 2018.^[19]

Park's rankings as of Sunday, April 19, 2026.