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Daniel Hayes

Megaminx · top 20.6% of 34,786 all-time · competing since August 2005 · 2005HAYE01

Daniel Hayes has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 1:18.22, set at Happy Crew Déjà Vu Colorado 2024, puts him in the top 20.6% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,419th in the United States. Across 49 competitions since August 2005, he has put 598 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.42 in August 2005 to 14.85, a 27% improvement. Daniel has entered 49 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 20.6% of 34,786 all-time
1:18.22
signature single · Happy Crew Déjà Vu Colorado 2024
598
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Megaminx1:18.221:29.31
top 20.6%1,419 / 7,841
3×314.8518.79
top 23.9%12,983 / 59,724
Pyraminx9.5318.53
top 49.3%14,290 / 28,708
4×41:25.741:46.80
top 60.4%10,499 / 19,072
Square-137.0955.37
top 61.4%4,052 / 6,743
2×29.5212.33
top 75.9%31,467 / 40,951
5×52:56.794:31.43
top 77.0%6,918 / 9,401
6×66:06.88—
early days — 1 solve3,803 / 4,196
7×79:00.79—
early days — 1 solve3,030 / 3,184
Skewb29.7537.66
top 97.0%18,538 / 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

Caltech Dallas Summer competition 2005: 20.42Denver Open 2008: 22.50Boulder 2008: 22.05Utah Open 2009: 20.47Denver Open 2009: 16.25Aurora Summer competition 2009: 18.86Boulder 2009: 19.53Stanford Fall competition 2009: 20.52Utah Cubing Fall Open 2009: 17.63Bayview Hills Open 2010: 20.22San Diego Open 2010: 18.86United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 19.80Denver Open 2010: 19.40Colorado Springs Open 2011: 19.38United States National Championships 2011: 19.16Berkeley Spring 2012: 18.13Colorado Springs 2012: 17.08United States National Championships 2012: 19.43Colorado Springs 2013: 18.00Southwest Showdown 2013: 18.08Northern Colorado Summer 2015: 19.07Idaho Speedcubing 2015: 20.13Rocky Mountain Winter 2016: 21.80Utah Megacomp II 2017: 19.90Las Vegas Spring 2017: 19.77Bay Area Speedcubin' 10 2017: 20.961 Body Cubing 2017: 17.20World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 20.69SacCubing II 2017: 20.15Veterans Day Open 2017: 17.66Skillcon 2017: 20.22SacCubing III 2018: 17.80Las Vegas Spring 2018: 18.24SacCubing V 2018: 20.22Skillcon 2018: 18.83SacCubing VI 2019: 15.73CubingUSA Western Championship 2019: 17.07SacCubing IX 2020: 17.78Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 14.85SacCubing XII 2022: 18.82Don't be Fooled Colorado 2023: 19.58Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 14.90Happy Crew Déjà Vu Colorado 2024: 19.33Colorado Championship 2024: 19.5614.8522.5013 Aug 200512 Oct 2024

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-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,483 people have one; it is 18.22 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.