People · United States
Hayden Dowling
2×2 · top 26.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025DOWL02
Hayden Dowling has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.97, set at New York Championship 2025, puts him in the top 26.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,462nd in the United States. Across 4 competitions since March 2025, he has put 74 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.08 in March 2025 to 21.41, a 31% improvement. Hayden has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 3.97 | 8.03 | top 26.2% | 10,462 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 21.41 | 25.11 | top 44.0% | 25,614 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 8.39 | 14.21 | top 44.3% | 7,903 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 16.68 | 35.72 | top 54.4% | 4,631 / 9,172 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.06 | 14.67 | top 61.0% | 18,219 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:50.87 | 2:16.67 | top 77.2% | 14,402 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:09.04 | — | top 88.6% | 13,676 / 15,900 |
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
- 14 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cubing in the 'Cuse 2026.
- 23 Aug 2025First sub-30 3×3: 27.70 at Gouverneur Summer 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025First competition: Cubing in the 'Cuse 2025. A 31.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing in the 'Cuse 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- New York Championship 2025 · 12 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Gouverneur Summer 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in the 'Cuse 2025 · 29 Mar 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.
- Oscar Cimmet — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
- Preston Dowling — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
- Evan Waters — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 115,495 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.