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Craig Hayashi

3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2009 · 2009HAYA01

Craig Hayashi has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.28, set at Berkeley Fall 2011, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,089th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since January 2009, he has put 197 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.98 in January 2009 to 9.28, a 69% improvement. Craig has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time
9.28
signature single · Berkeley Fall 2011
197
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.2811.93
top 5.5%3,089 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed41.8643.06
top 67.9%9,694 / 15,683
4×41:51.91
early days — 2 solves14,331 / 19,072
Square-11:07.061:45.40
top 87.7%5,903 / 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

San Francisco Open 2009: 29.98EPGY Stanford Winter 2009: 25.81Berkeley Spring competition 2009: 23.05Berkeley Summer competition 2009: 17.25US Nationals 2009: 18.72Berkeley Fall competition 2009: 18.46Stanford Fall competition 2009: 15.15Berkeley Spring 2010: 16.72Stanford Spring 2010: 12.91Berkeley Summer 2010: 9.88Berkeley Fall 2010: 12.72Stanford Spring 2011: 12.30Berkeley Summer 2011: 11.46Stanford Fall 2011: 11.41Berkeley Fall 2011: 9.28Berkeley Spring 2012: 10.41Cal Day 2012: 11.63Stanford Spring 2012: 10.809.2829.9818 Jan 20096 May 2012

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
  • A sub-40 3×3 one-handed single — 48,086 people have one; it is 1.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.