People · United States
Brayden Payes
2×2 · top 22.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025PAYE01
Brayden Payes has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.69, set at Nānākuli Liʻi ʻOkakopa B 2026, puts him in the top 22.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,003rd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since October 2025, he has put 79 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 55.72 in October 2025 to 14.77, a 73% improvement. Brayden has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.69 | 4.97 | top 22.6% | 9,003 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 14.77 | 17.71 | top 23.7% | 13,065 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.22 | 14.33 | top 29.7% | 8,352 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.68 | 38.79 | top 52.8% | 7,389 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 13.22 | 14.58 | top 71.6% | 13,697 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 1:57.87 | — | early days — 1 solve | 15,203 / 19,354 |
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
- 4 Oct 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.77 at Nānākuli Liʻi ʻOkakopa B 2026.
- 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
- Nānākuli Liʻi ʻOkakopa B 2026 · 4 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- 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.
- Jack Okazaki — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
- Theo Masahiro Hirano — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Enzo Xuan — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.