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Ethan George Hayes

3×3 one-handed · top 0.15% of 73,695 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019HAYE05

Ethan George Hayes has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 7.71, set at North Idaho No NxN's 2026, puts him in the top 0.15% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22nd in the United States. Until May 2015, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since September 2019, he has put 1,291 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.96 in September 2019 to 5.61, a 53% improvement. Ethan has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 0.15% of 73,695 all-time
7.71
signature single · North Idaho No NxN's 2026
1,291
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×3 one-handed7.719.77
top 0.15%22 / 15,683
3×35.617.50
top 0.29%195 / 59,724
2×21.142.08
top 0.87%370 / 40,951
4×427.4131.84
top 1.5%262 / 19,072
5×553.6859.57
top 2.9%236 / 9,401
Square-18.0711.84
top 3.1%230 / 6,743
Megaminx48.5457.63
top 4.5%314 / 7,841
Skewb2.933.91
top 4.7%725 / 18,907
Pyraminx4.056.38
top 7.9%2,028 / 28,708
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves29.00
top 9.9%229 / 2,040
Clock6.886.95
top 10.5%812 / 8,927
6×61:59.722:06.57
top 10.9%389 / 4,196
7×73:03.753:19.07
top 11.6%316 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded1:01.832:24.78
top 13.6%256 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind7 of 8 cubes · 54:45—
early days — 2 solves256 / 731
4×4 blindfolded11:58.00—
early days — 1 solve275 / 440
5×5 blindfolded23:31.00—
early days — 1 solve157 / 218

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

Spokane Summer 2019: 11.96Inland Empire Summer 2022: 7.36Spokane Fall 2022: 8.68Sandpoint The North Awakens 2023: 8.63North Idaho Newcomers 2024: 6.57Grizzly Awakening 2024: 7.71Spokane Spring 2024: 6.77CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024: 5.78Idaho Championship 2024: 6.61Spokane Winter 2025: 7.64North Idaho Newcomers 2025: 7.31Central Washington Odds 2025: 5.92Warmup for Worlds Olympia 2025: 6.88Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 6.64CdA Cube Clash 2025: 6.44Idaho Championship 2025: 6.49North Idaho Newcomers 2026: 7.87Big Sky's Huckleberry Hurrah 2026: 5.61Tri Cities Spring 2026: 7.14Spokane Summer 2026: 7.40Northwest Championship 2026: 7.165.6111.967 Sep 201921 Aug 2026

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-6 3×3 one-handed single — 4 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.