People · United States
Hays Galloway
2×2 · top 9.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023GALL03
Hays Galloway has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.53, set at Super Duper San Diego 2024, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,622nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2023, he has put 100 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.87 in January 2023 to 11.16, a 65% improvement. Hays has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.53 | 4.59 | top 9.2% | 3,622 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.16 | 13.00 | top 11.0% | 5,940 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.15 | 11.31 | top 21.1% | 5,672 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.24 | 1:18.14 | top 47.1% | 7,843 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.86 | 46.33 | top 66.5% | 9,471 / 15,683 |
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
- 28 Sep 2024Six personal bests in one day at Super Duper San Diego 2024.
- 2 Aug 2024First sub-20 3×3: 14.76 at CubingUSA Western Championship 2024.
- 2 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.76 at CubingUSA Western Championship 2024.
- 25 Feb 2023First sub-30 3×3: 28.79 at Oak Valley Winter B 2023.
- 29 Jan 2023First competition: Cozy Cubing Poway 2023. A 31.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCSD TritoNxN 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- SoCal Speedcubing at Super STEM Saturday 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- Super Duper San Diego 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Gonna Need a Bigger Cube SD 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Oak Valley Winter B 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cozy Cubing Poway 2023 · 29 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.
- Graham Siggins — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Alex Lehman — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Shane Grogan — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.