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Hayden Otey

2×2 · top 16.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023OTEY01

Hayden Otey has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.18, set at Railroad City 2023, puts him in the top 16.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,428th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since May 2023, he has put 106 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.40 in May 2023 to 17.12, a 30% improvement. Hayden has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 16.4% of 186,767 all-time
3.18
signature single · Railroad City 2023
106
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.185.15
top 16.4%6,428 / 40,951
3×317.1220.61
top 31.4%17,311 / 59,724
Pyraminx8.8910.24
top 43.9%12,585 / 28,708
4×41:21.78
top 57.4%9,906 / 19,072
Skewb10.7914.35
top 59.7%10,941 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed50.781:12.22
top 77.4%11,331 / 15,683
Megaminx4:25.33
early days — 2 solves7,501 / 7,841
Clock46.32
early days — 2 solves8,620 / 8,927
6×67:48.60
early days — 1 solve4,077 / 4,196
Square-11:44.44
early days — 1 solve6,615 / 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

Clash at Carlisle Spring 2023: 24.40CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 17.12Railroad City 2023: 19.75ALL1- Pittsburgh 2023: 17.30Pennsylvania Championship 2024: 23.5817.1224.4013 May 202321 Jun 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.