People · United Kingdom
Hayden Ayling
2×2 · top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024AYLI01
Hayden Ayling has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.73, set at Stevenage April 2025, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 240th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since November 2024, he has put 86 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.34 in November 2024 to 10.96, a 43% improvement. Hayden has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.73 | 4.02 | top 3.2% | 240 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 10.96 | 12.60 | top 10.4% | 743 / 6,689 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.68 | 7.04 | top 11.3% | 446 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.19 | 23.43 | top 18.3% | 347 / 1,851 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.88 | 1:09.38 | top 43.9% | 954 / 2,071 | |
| 5×5 | 2:01.65 | — | early days — 2 solves | 617 / 1,151 |
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
- 19 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.23 at Stevenage April 2025.
- 19 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage April 2025.
- 23 Nov 2024First competition: Lincolnshire Autumn 2024. A 19.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Peterborough Odd Day 2025 · 11 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage April 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Lincolnshire Autumn 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
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.
- James Kyoichi Curry (ジェイムス 恭一) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Felix Hincks — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniel Partridge — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.