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Braden Hayes

2×2 · top 18.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015HAYE04

Braden Hayes has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.33, set at Music City Speedsolving 2015, puts him in the top 18.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,108th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since June 2015, he has put 25 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.16 in June 2015 to 17.11, a 41% improvement. Braden has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 18.1% of 186,767 all-time
3.33
signature single · Music City Speedsolving 2015
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.335.36
top 18.1%7,108 / 40,951
3×317.1121.10
top 31.3%17,291 / 59,724

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

Dayton 2015: 29.16Music City Speedsolving 2015: 17.1117.1129.1627 Jun 201512 Sep 2015

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Evan Liu — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Katie Hull — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Lucas Etter — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.