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Hayden Thomas Willard
Clock · top 8.5% of 32,048 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022WILL40
Hayden Thomas Willard has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 6.34, set at Milwaukee Cubing Mania 2024, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 662nd in the United States. Until August 2010, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since August 2022, he has put 449 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.04 in October 2022 to 10.38, a 51% improvement. Hayden has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 6.34 | 8.06 | top 8.5% | 662 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 | 10.38 | 13.22 | top 8.6% | 4,724 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 4.28 | 5.65 | top 12.9% | 1,996 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:05.95 | 1:15.59 | top 13.3% | 908 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.68 | 25.56 | top 14.3% | 1,854 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.23 | 8.55 | top 14.6% | 3,836 / 28,708 | |
| Square-1 | 17.73 | 20.82 | top 22.7% | 1,502 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 57.51 | 1:06.34 | top 33.7% | 5,392 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 4.79 | 5.05 | top 36.6% | 14,644 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:50.62 | 1:56.01 | top 43.0% | 3,520 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | 48.00 | early days — 3 solves | 1,251 / 2,040 | |
| 6×6 | 3:57.53 | 3:59.67 | top 64.6% | 2,500 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 5:48.46 | 6:05.21 | top 64.7% | 1,952 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 6 Apr 2024Five personal bests in one day at Michigan Mega Madness 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024Nine personal bests in one day at Milwaukee Cubing Mania 2024.
- 3 Dec 2023Six personal bests in one day at The Core of Hobart 2023.
- 3 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Fort Wayne Favorites 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023Five personal bests in one day at Get to Work Chicagoland 2023.
- 8 Jul 2023Six personal bests in one day at Michigan 2023.
Competitions
- Lincoln Library Cubing 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan Mega Madness 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Milwaukee Cubing Mania 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 9 personal bests set
- The Core of Hobart 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Fort Wayne Favorites 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Get to Work Chicagoland 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Michigan 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Little Giant Open 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Indiana Finally Returns 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Washtenaw Winter 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Imagination Station A 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Illinois Speedcubing - Mini Sunday 2022 · 9 Oct 2022
- Mt. Prospect Open 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Gem City Side Events 2022 · 27 Aug 2022
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.
- Luke Garrett — met in 73 rounds, never finished ahead
- Simon Kellum — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead once
- Braden Richards — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.