Max Park

Max Park
Park in 2024 (North American championship)
Born	(2001-11-28) November 28, 2001
Occupation	Speedcuber
Known for	Rubik's Cube speedcubing
Medal record Representing United States Speedcubing WCA World Championship Event 1st 2nd 3rd 3x3x3 2 0 0 4x4x4 1 0 1 5x5x5 2 1 1 6x6x6 2 0 1 7x7x7 3 0 0 3x3x3 One-Handed 2 1 0 Total 12 2 3 2017 Paris 3x3x3 2017 Paris 3x3x3 One-Handed 2019 Melbourne 4x4x4 2019 Melbourne 5x5x5 2019 Melbourne 6x6x6 2019 Melbourne 7x7x7 2019 Melbourne 3x3x3 One-Handed 2023 Incheon 3x3x3 2023 Incheon 5x5x5 2023 Incheon 7x7x7 2025 Seattle 6x6x6 2025 Seattle 7x7x7 2025 Seattle 3x3x3 One-Handed 2025 Seattle 5x5x5 2017 Paris 6x6x6 2023 Incheon 4x4x4 2023 Incheon 5x5x5 US National Championship Event 1st 2nd 3rd 3x3x3 3 0 2 4x4x4 5 0 0 5x5x5 4 1 0 6x6x6 3 2 0 7x7x7 3 1 1 3x3x3 One-Handed 4 0 1 Total 22 4 4 2016 Portland, OR 4x4x4 2017 Fort Wayne, IN 3x3x3 2017 Fort Wayne, IN 4x4x4 2017 Fort Wayne, IN 5x5x5 2017 Fort Wayne, IN 3x3x3 One-Handed 2018 Salt Lake City, UT 3x3x3 2018 Salt Lake City, UT 4x4x4 2018 Salt Lake City, UT 5x5x5 2018 Salt Lake City, UT 6x6x6 2018 Salt Lake City, UT 7x7x7 2018 Salt Lake City, UT 3x3x3 One-Handed 2019 Baltimore, MD 4x4x4 2019 Baltimore, MD 5x5x5 2019 Baltimore, MD 6x6x6 2019 Baltimore, MD 7x7x7 2019 Baltimore, MD 3x3x3 One-Handed 2023 Pittsburgh, PA 3x3x3 2023 Pittsburgh, PA 4x4x4 2023 Pittsburgh, PA 5x5x5 2023 Pittsburgh, PA 6x6x6 2023 Pittsburgh, PA 7x7x7 2023 Pittsburgh, PA 3x3x3 One-Handed 2016 Portland, OR 5x5x5 2016 Portland, OR 6x6x6 2016 Portland, OR 7x7x7 2017 Fort Wayne, IN 6x6x6 2016 Portland, OR 3x3x3 2016 Portland, OR 3x3x3 One-Handed 2017 Fort Wayne, IN 7x7x7 2019 Baltimore, MD 3x3x3

Max Park (born November 28, 2001) is a Korean-American speedcuber. He is one of only two speedcubers ever to win the 3x3 cube event at the World Cube Association (WCA) World Championship twice (the other being Feliks Zemdegs), winning in 2017 and 2023. As of July 2026, he holds the world records for the fastest 7×7×7 single and average solves, and the fastest 6×6×6 single. Park is autistic, and has used cubing to develop his social and fine motor skills.

Park was one of the primary subjects of the 2020 Netflix documentary The Speed Cubers.

Cubing career

Park began cubing in 2012, and went to his first competition in the same year. At his second ever competition, he won the 6×6×6 event. He continued competing and improving, winning his first gold medal in the 3×3×3 event at Nub Open 2016. On February 25, 2017, he broke the North American record average for the 3×3×3 event, with an average of 6.92 seconds. Two months later on April 23, 2017, Park would break the World Record Average for the 3×3×3 event, with an average of 6.39 seconds.

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.

At the World Championship 2019 in Melbourne, Park won the 4×4×4, 5×5×5, 6×6×6, 7×7×7, and 3×3×3 one-handed events. He finished 4th in the 3×3×3 final after winning the first three rounds.

At the World Championship 2023 in Incheon, Park won the 3x3x3 (by 0.01 seconds), 5×5×5, and 7×7×7 events. He also placed 3rd in 4x4x4.

At the World Championship 2025 in Seattle, Park won the 6×6×6 and 7×7×7 events. He also placed 2nd in the 5×5×5 and 3×3×3 one-handed events. He got 8th place in the 3x3 event.

Park is a 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.

Records held

3×3×3

Park held the world record for the average of five 3×3×3 solves on four occasions 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. 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. Wang also surpassed Park's single world record with a time of 3.08 seconds at XMUM Cube Open 2025 in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia.

4×4×4

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.

5×5×5

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. Park is the only person other than Zemdegs or Tymon Kolasiński to have set either 5×5×5 record since August 11, 2012.

6×6×6

Park holds the single 6×6×6 world record, at 57.69 seconds, achieved at Burbank Big Cubes 2025. He formerly held the world record mean of three 6×6×6 solves: 1:05.04, achieved at Nub Open Trabuco Hills Fall 2025. 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.

7×7×7

Park holds the world record single and world record mean of three 7×7×7 solves: 1:30.59 and 1:36.86 respectively. They were set at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 and Nub Open Trabuco Hills Fall 2025.

3×3×3 one-handed

Park previously held the world record for 3×3×3 one-handed average of five several times, but it is now held by Zhen Chen (陈震) from the China with a time of 6.99 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.

Notable rankings

Park's rankings as of 25 July 2026:

Event	Format	Time (sec)	World Rank	Continental Rank
3×3×3	Single	3.13	4	1
	Ao5	4.86	13	2
4×4×4	Single	15.71	2	1
	Ao5	18.74	2	1
5×5×5	Single	31.54	3	1
	Ao5	34.65	3	1
6×6×6	Single	57.69	1	1
	Mo3	1:05.04	2	1
7×7×7	Single	1:30.59	1	1
	Mo3	1:36.86	1	1
3×3×3 one-handed	Single	6.20	7	1
	Ao5	7.94	4	2