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Kevin Hays

6×6 · top 0.1% of 17,510 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009HAYS01

Kevin Hays has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 6×6: a personal-best single of 1:09.17, set at Burnaby Cubes Big & Small 2026, puts him in the top 0.1% of the 17,510 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in the United States. Until July 2022, no official 6×6 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 135 competitions since August 2009, he has put 5,028 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.96 in August 2009 to 5.89, a 55% improvement. Kevin has entered 135 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

6×6
best event — top 0.1% of 17,510 all-time
1:09.17
signature single · Burnaby Cubes Big & Small 2026
5,028
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
6×61:09.171:16.73
top 0.1%5 / 4,196
4×421.7326.97
top 0.16%28 / 19,072
5×540.6847.11
top 0.2%19 / 9,401
7×71:49.621:56.03
top 0.22%8 / 3,184
3×35.897.68
top 0.42%283 / 59,724
2×21.292.87
top 1.3%553 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed12.8316.68
top 4.2%609 / 15,683
Megaminx1:14.751:23.30
top 18.5%1,257 / 7,841
Pyraminx6.7210.46
top 25.6%7,006 / 28,708
Skewb7.448.40
top 37.0%6,328 / 18,907
3×3 blindfolded2:43.34—
top 47.6%1,024 / 2,092
Square-138.1652.72
top 63.0%4,154 / 6,743
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves—
early days — 1 solve1,479 / 2,040
Clock23.0333.57
top 72.6%6,291 / 8,927
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 15:42—
early days — 1 solve690 / 731

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

US Nationals 2009: 12.96Vancouver Open 2009: 11.80Vancouver Open 2010: 10.09United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 8.78Nisei Week Open 2010: 10.88Big Cubes BC 2011: 10.94United States National Championships 2011: 8.75Canadian Open 2011: 9.53Vancouver Summer 2011: 9.46World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 8.91Vancouver Winter 2011: 9.31Lynden Open 2012: 9.75Couve Cubing 2012: 9.27Groovik's Cube Seattle 2012: 8.83United States National Championships 2012: 8.53Vancouver Open Summer 2012: 8.09World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 7.07Vancouver Open Summer 2013: 8.25US Nationals 2014: 7.14Indiana 2014: 7.20BASC 5: Everything But 2x2 2015: 8.09Lawrence Spring 2015: 8.33UW Spring 2015: 8.24Clock N' Stuff 2015: 6.80Canadian Open 2015: 8.60Indiana 2015: 8.16World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 8.55US Nationals 2015: 8.37European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 8.81US Nationals 2016: 7.48Oregon 2016: 8.08Asian Championship 2016: 7.03Newport Fall 2016: 7.67PDX Cubing for Dougy 2016: 5.89Vancouver Open Winter 2017: 7.44Puget Sound Winter 2017: 7.20Keep Portland Weird 2017: 7.49Music City Speedsolving 2017: 7.28Qualifornia 2017: 7.59Atomic Fools 2017: 7.79Don't Mess With Texas 2017: 7.27Minnesota Cube Melt 2017: 5.92Rose City 2017: 7.65Vancouver Open Summer 2017: 7.63SnoCo Cubing Summer 2017: 7.936.25 Bay Area 2017: 6.93Lexington Summer 2017: 7.04CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 7.47World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 7.55Northwest Championships 2017: 7.14Puget Sound Fall 2017: 6.97SnoCo Cubing Fall 2017: 7.10Whistler Open 2017: 7.39Vancouver Open Winter 2018: 7.94Thanks Four The Invite 2018: 7.11SacCubing III 2018: 7.50Puget Sound Valentine 2018: 6.67CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018: 7.85Eugene Spring 2018: 8.22Fraser Valley Spring Open 2018: 6.88Gateway Ravioli Spring 2018: 7.93CubingUSA Southern Championship 2018: 8.23Rose City 2018: 8.14CubingUSA Western Championship 2018: 6.70West Coast Cubing Tour - Fresno 2018: 7.58West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018: 7.34SnoCo Summer 2018: 7.07CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 7.52CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2018: 7.32SnoCo Fall 2018: 7.48Puget Sound NxNxN 2018: 7.76West Seattle Favorites 2019: 7.57CubingUSA Oregon Championship 2019: 7.31Atomic Cubing Spring 2019: 7.00Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019: 7.83CubingUSA Southern Championship 2019: 6.92CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2019: 6.77WCA World Championship 2019: 7.49CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 6.74Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019: 7.70SnoCo Fall 2019: 7.17CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 6.23Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 7.20Granite State 2022: 6.83Puzzling in Providence 2023: 7.17Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023: 7.04CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023: 8.13Silver City Side Events 2023: 7.88Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 6.76PortlaNxNd 2024: 6.53Kent Spring 2024: 7.43Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 7.13Bellevue Cubing Afternoon - Highlands 2024: 7.33Tacoma Winter 2025: 7.97Lakewood Newcomers 2025: 7.89Worlds Warmup Woodinville 2025: 7.11Austin Spring Open 2025: 7.18Warmup for Worlds Olympia 2025: 6.85West Coast Cubing Tour: Berkeley 2025: 8.86Warm Up Seattle 2025: 7.52Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.47West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025: 6.08Seattle Cube Cascade UW 2025: 7.00Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026: 7.21Cube Against Cancer Boston 2026: 7.81North Sound Spring 2026: 7.90Lakewood Spring 2026: 6.79West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026: 6.19Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 6.28Seattle Summer 2026: 7.19Summer Scramble UW 2026: 8.43Northwest Championship 2026: 7.285.8912.9614 Aug 200921 Aug 2026

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-1:00 6×6 single — 2 people have one; it is 9.17 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 1.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.