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Hayden Nicholas Cutler
3×3 · top 7.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023CUTL01
Hayden Nicholas Cutler has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.16, set at Pocatello Potato Palooza 2026, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,371st in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since January 2023, he has put 157 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.42 in January 2023 to 10.16, a 58% improvement. Hayden has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.16 | 12.62 | top 7.9% | 4,371 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.56 | 5.27 | top 9.5% | 3,749 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 6.80 | 11.12 | top 32.1% | 5,346 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:11.19 | 2:23.96 | top 51.8% | 3,877 / 7,841 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.24 | 13.95 | top 54.9% | 16,036 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.69 | 1:31.01 | top 58.1% | 10,027 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.11 | 38.51 | top 61.0% | 8,574 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 45.48 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,703 / 6,743 |
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
- 13 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 11.49 at Don't Blow Away Casper 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Don't Blow Away Casper 2025.
- 6 Jan 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.17 at Utah Ice Cubing 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Utah Ice Cubing 2024.
- 14 Jan 2023First competition: Idaho Freeze Dried 2023. A 24.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pocatello Potato Palooza 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Don't Blow Away Casper 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Burley Summer 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Ice Cubing 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Don't Fall Off Devils Tower 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Mile High Megacomp 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Idaho Freeze Dried 2023 · 14 Jan 2023
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.
- Cade Beck — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Evan Beck — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Damian Wilding — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.