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Hayden French

3×3 · top 11.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015FREN02

Hayden French has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.22, set at Boston University Winter 2019, puts him in the top 11.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,049th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since September 2015, he has put 155 official solves on the record across six 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 20.27 in September 2015 to 11.22, a 45% improvement. Hayden has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.2% of 284,439 all-time
11.22
signature single · Boston University Winter 2019
155
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
3×311.2212.25
top 11.2%6,049 / 59,724
2×23.555.24
top 20.8%8,171 / 40,951
4×448.291:00.73
top 22.5%3,408 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed21.4133.47
top 24.3%3,132 / 15,683
5×51:48.741:52.85
top 41.7%3,384 / 9,401
7×76:10.57
early days — 1 solve2,151 / 3,184

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

Norwich Summer 2015: 20.27Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2015: 17.87Manhasset Fall 2015: 14.14MIT Fall 2015: 15.04Big Apple Cube Clash 2016: 13.81Manhasset Spring 2016: 11.38Big Apple Spring 2016: 13.55The Battle of Lexington 2018: 13.02Boston University Winter 2019: 11.2211.2220.2712 Sep 201512 Jan 2019

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.