People · United States
Blake Hay
3×3 · top 29.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023HAYB01
Blake Hay has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.43, set at Super Duper San Diego 2024, puts him in the top 29.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,019th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since September 2023, he has put 143 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.32 in September 2023 to 16.43, a 30% improvement. Blake has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 16.43 | 19.88 | top 29.2% | 16,019 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.20 | 11.29 | top 37.9% | 10,804 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 6.19 | 7.30 | top 52.8% | 21,544 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.64 | 54.58 | top 54.7% | 7,587 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:25.12 | 1:35.61 | top 60.0% | 10,403 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 15.23 | 20.87 | top 79.0% | 15,112 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 1:08.24 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,940 / 6,743 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Sep 2024Five personal bests in one day at Super Duper San Diego 2024.
- 2 Aug 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.48 at CubingUSA Western Championship 2024.
- 2 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Western Championship 2024.
- 2 Sep 2023First competition: Corona Summer 2023. A 23.32 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCSD May A 2025 · 11 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Super Duper San Diego 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Triton Tricubealon 2024 · 11 Feb 2024
- Poway Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
- UCSD Winter 2024 · 7 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Extravaganza 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- Irvine Fall 2023 · 24 Sep 2023
- Corona Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Jack Hay — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- August Barnard — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sherry Tao (陶心仪) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.