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Brayden Payes
Pyraminx · top 29.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025PAYE01
Brayden Payes has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.22, set at Honolulu Hoʻoilo 2026, puts him in the top 29.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,225th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since October 2025, he has put 64 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 55.72 in October 2025 to 16.90, a 70% improvement. Brayden has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 7.22 | 14.33 | top 29.7% | 8,225 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 16.90 | 18.01 | top 30.7% | 16,908 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.88 | 6.80 | top 37.8% | 15,127 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 13.22 | 14.58 | top 71.6% | 13,504 / 18,907 |
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 Mar 2026First sub-20 3×3: 16.90 at ʻEwa Beach Liʻi Malaki 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026First sub-30 3×3: 23.53 at Honolulu Hoʻoilo 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Honolulu Hoʻoilo 2026.
- 4 Oct 2025First competition: Honolulu Hāʻulelau 2025. A 55.72 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- ʻEwa Beach Liʻi Malaki 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Honolulu Hoʻoilo 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- ʻAiea Liʻi ʻOkakopa 2025 · 26 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Honolulu Hāʻulelau 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
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.
- David Akamine — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ian Sadaoka — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Chris Martin — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.