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Jaylen Daley

2×2 · top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018DALE04

Jaylen Daley has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.48, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 825th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since September 2018, he has put 449 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:10.73 in September 2018 to 8.78, an 88% improvement. Jaylen has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.48
signature single · CubingUSA Nationals 2023
449
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.482.59
top 2.1%825 / 40,951
3×38.7810.51
top 4.4%2,432 / 59,724
Skewb3.676.56
top 8.8%1,347 / 18,907
Pyraminx5.345.99
top 15.4%4,033 / 28,708
Square-116.4624.91
top 19.7%1,325 / 6,743
4×447.1055.43
top 20.9%3,182 / 19,072
5×51:24.811:38.70
top 23.1%1,797 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed21.7624.08
top 25.3%3,266 / 15,683
Clock10.0711.85
top 25.4%1,948 / 8,927
Megaminx1:30.831:43.77
top 28.7%1,997 / 7,841
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves—
early days — 2 solves969 / 2,040
6×63:52.404:21.50
early days — 3 solves2,438 / 4,196
7×76:53.697:09.47
early days — 3 solves2,476 / 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

Slow N Steady Summer 2018: 1:10.73TJHSST Fall 2018: 32.79Northern Neck Winter 2019: 23.97CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 18.40Rally in the Valley 2019: 14.73CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 15.02Slow N Steady Summer 2019: 15.43Potomac Speedcubing 2020: 12.05Slow N Steady Winter 2020: 13.04Owings Mills Summer 2022: 10.02Silver Spring Summer 2022: 10.31CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 11.48New-Cumberland County 2024: 9.30More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025: 8.78Great North Woods 2025: 9.388.781:10.732 Sep 201827 Sep 2025

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 0.48 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.