People · Australia
Hayden Wai
2×2 · top 6.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022WAIH01
Hayden Wai has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.28, set at The Big Cube Melbourne 2023, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 522nd in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since January 2022, he has put 249 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.98 in January 2022 to 9.89, a 65% improvement. Hayden has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 2.28 | 4.00 | top 6.9% | 522 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 9.89 | 12.61 | top 7.1% | 666 / 11,709 | |
| Clock | 11.00 | 13.69 | top 30.1% | 316 / 1,095 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.74 | 10.01 | top 42.6% | 2,324 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.28 | 35.69 | top 49.5% | 1,150 / 2,659 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.99 | — | top 57.5% | 1,597 / 3,051 | |
| Skewb | 11.30 | 15.36 | top 62.4% | 2,074 / 3,534 | |
| Megaminx | 4:08.03 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,226 / 1,277 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 63 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 449 / 468 |
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
- 19 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.89 at Melbourne Summer 2024.
- 1 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Victorian Open 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.17 at Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023.
- 12 Nov 2022First sub-20 3×3: 16.73 at Melbourne Cube Days 2022.
- 21 Jan 2022First competition: Melbourne Summer 2022. A 27.98 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cubing for Kids Sunday 2023 · 27 Aug 2023
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Mini Saturday 2022 · 5 Mar 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2022 · 21 Jan 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.
- Jacob Joshi — met in 55 rounds, never finished ahead
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 53 rounds, never finished ahead
- Oliver Drew — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.