People · Australia
Hayden Kettle
2×2 · top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2020 · 2020KETT01
Hayden Kettle has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.26, set at Rockingham Rapid 2022, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 125th in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2020, he has put 146 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.98 in December 2020 to 1.26, a 79% improvement. Hayden has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.26 | 4.12 | top 1.2% | 125 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 20.23 | 25.98 | top 40.6% | 4,004 / 11,709 | |
| Skewb | 9.82 | 13.77 | top 53.8% | 1,752 / 3,534 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.39 | 15.99 | top 56.0% | 3,262 / 5,993 | |
| 4×4 | 1:49.52 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,293 / 3,051 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 May 2022Five personal bests in one day at Rockingham Rapid 2022.
- 30 Jan 2021Four personal bests in one day at Showground Showdown 2021.
- 10 Jan 2021First sub-30 3×3: 27.45 at York Cube Day 2021.
- 19 Dec 2020First competition: South Perth Summer 2020. A 30.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Australian Nationals 2022 · 30 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Rockingham Rapid 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- WA State Championship 2021 · 17 Jul 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Showground Showdown 2021 · 30 Jan 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- York Cube Day 2021 · 10 Jan 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- South Perth Summer 2020 · 19 Dec 2020
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.
- Joshua Hounslow — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jonathan Charlesworth — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Amy Smith — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.