Max Park (born November 28, 2001) is a Korean-American speedcuber. He is one of only two speedcubers ever to win the World Cube Association (WCA) World Championship twice (the other being Feliks Zemdegs), winning in 2017 and 2023. He holds the world records for the fastest 6ÃÂ6ÃÂ6 and 7ÃÂ7ÃÂ7 single solves. Park is autistic, and has used cubing to develop his social and fine motor skills.
Park began cubing in 2012, and went to his first competition in the same year. At his second ever competition, he won the 6ÃÂ6ÃÂ6 event. He continued competing and improving, winning his first gold medal in the 3ÃÂ3ÃÂ3 event at Nub Open 2016. On February 25, 2017, he broke the North American Average for the 3ÃÂ3ÃÂ3 event, with an average of 6.92 seconds. Two months later on April 23, 2017, Park would break the World Record Average for the 3ÃÂ3ÃÂ3 event, with an average of 6.39 seconds.
At the World Championship 2017 in Paris, Park won 3ÃÂ3ÃÂ3 and 3ÃÂ3ÃÂ3 one-handed and placed 3rd in 5ÃÂ5ÃÂ5 and 6ÃÂ6ÃÂ6.
At the World Championship 2019 in Melbourne, Park won 4ÃÂ4ÃÂ4, 5ÃÂ5ÃÂ5, 6ÃÂ6ÃÂ6, 7ÃÂ7ÃÂ7, and 3ÃÂ3ÃÂ3 one-handed events. He finished 4th in the 3ÃÂ3ÃÂ3 final after winning the first three rounds.
At the World Championship 2023 in Incheon, Park won 3x3x3 (By 0.01 seconds), 5ÃÂ5ÃÂ5, and 7ÃÂ7ÃÂ7 events. He also placed 3rd in 4x4x4.
At the World Championship 2025 in Seattle, Park won the 6ÃÂ6ÃÂ6 and 7ÃÂ7ÃÂ7 events. He also placed 2nd in the 5ÃÂ5ÃÂ5 and 3ÃÂ3ÃÂ3 one-handed events. He got 8th place in the 3x3 event.
Park is a 3-time US National Champion in 3ÃÂ3ÃÂ3, 5-time champion in 4ÃÂ4ÃÂ4, 4-time champion in 5ÃÂ5ÃÂ5, 3-time champion in 6ÃÂ6ÃÂ6, 3-time champion in 7ÃÂ7ÃÂ7, and 4-time champion in 3ÃÂ3ÃÂ3 one-handed.
Park held the world record for the average of five 3ÃÂ3ÃÂ3 solves on four occasions and set the former world record for a single 3ÃÂ3ÃÂ3 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.
Park holds the North American record for average of five 4ÃÂ4ÃÂ4 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 Kolasià Âski at the 2025 Spanish championships with a time of 15.18 seconds.
Prior to his first 5ÃÂ5ÃÂ5 record, the records for single and average of five 5ÃÂ5ÃÂ5 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 Kolasià Âski to have set either 5ÃÂ5ÃÂ5 record since August 11, 2012.
Park holds the world records for both single and mean of three 6ÃÂ6ÃÂ6 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. At Southeast Championship 2022, he became the first person to break the 1-minute barrier on 6ÃÂ6ÃÂ6 with a solve of 59.74, a feat that 2-time world champion Feliks Zemdegs had previously stated was impossible.
Park holds the world records for single and mean of three 7ÃÂ7ÃÂ7 solves: 1:33.48 and 1:36.86 respectively. They were both set at Nub Open Trabuco Hills Fall 2025.
Park previously held the world record for 3ÃÂ3ÃÂ3 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.
Park's rankings as of Saturday, March 14, 2026.