Max Park
American Rubik's cube speedsolver
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.
Max 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.
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