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Hayden Lesser

3×3 · top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018LESS01

Hayden Lesser has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.84, set at Jacksonville Winter 2023, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,854th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2018, he has put 341 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.34 in June 2018 to 9.84, a 61% improvement. Hayden has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time
9.84
signature single · Jacksonville Winter 2023
341
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.8413.43
top 7.0%3,854 / 59,724
Pyraminx5.118.42
top 13.9%3,624 / 28,708
4×442.2946.72
top 14.9%2,227 / 19,072
2×23.254.04
top 17.2%6,726 / 40,951
5×51:20.041:27.54
top 19.1%1,494 / 9,401
Clock8.969.61
top 19.8%1,513 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed20.4126.92
top 21.6%2,768 / 15,683
3×3 blindfolded1:32.382:34.11
top 24.0%489 / 2,092
6×62:35.302:53.95
top 28.4%1,004 / 4,196
Megaminx1:32.751:46.69
top 29.9%2,096 / 7,841
7×74:15.734:30.23
top 36.4%1,020 / 3,184
Square-124.0938.73
top 37.0%2,404 / 6,743
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves
early days — 1 solve1,031 / 2,040
Skewb9.5212.75
top 51.9%9,329 / 18,907

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

Indialantic Open 2018: 25.34Florida 2019: 14.07Indialantic Open 2019: 14.71Pegasus 2023: 12.73Jacksonville Winter 2023: 9.84CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024: 11.93FSUbers 7.0 2024: 12.29St. Augustine 2024: 13.429.8425.349 Jun 201814 Dec 2024

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.