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Hayes Sperbeck

2×2 · top 1.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022SPER04

Hayes Sperbeck has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.37, set at 2x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 650th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2022, he has put 189 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.94 in December 2022 to 9.86, a 24% improvement. Hayes has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.37
signature single · 2x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022
189
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.373.32
top 1.6%650 / 40,951
3×39.8611.70
top 7.1%3,891 / 59,724
Pyraminx5.6610.56
top 17.5%4,638 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed25.2533.37
top 34.9%4,603 / 15,683
Skewb7.8814.00
top 40.3%6,969 / 18,907
4×41:21.891:44.10
top 57.4%9,922 / 19,072

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

2x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022: 12.94Swallow Spring 2023: 11.55Door County Cube Challenge 2023: 10.32OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023: 13.06Wisconsin Cubing Marathon 2023: 9.86Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023: 11.09Green Bay 2023: 10.00Sturgeon Bay Big Cubes 2024: 10.529.8613.063 Dec 202224 Feb 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.