People · United States
Lafe Hain
2×2 · top 6.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025HAIN01
Lafe Hain has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.25, set at Cincinnati Open 2025, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,668th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2025, he has put 411 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.88 in March 2025 to 9.72, a 25% improvement. Lafe 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.25 | 4.70 | top 6.7% | 2,668 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 9.72 | 11.63 | top 6.7% | 3,734 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 5.35 | 9.29 | top 20.9% | 3,381 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 54.57 | 58.53 | top 30.3% | 4,820 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.68 | 10.10 | top 33.6% | 9,595 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 13.96 | 15.41 | top 43.6% | 3,593 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.66 | 36.98 | top 50.5% | 7,053 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 2:13.59 | 2:41.70 | top 53.1% | 4,060 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 2:13.47 | 3:31.98 | top 57.5% | 4,964 / 9,537 |
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
- 21 Feb 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.72 at Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026.
- 20 Dec 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Ohio Championship 2025.
- 9 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cincinnati Open 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025First competition: Southern Indiana Qualifier 2025. A 12.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hancock County NxNs 2026 · 26 Sep 2026
- Cubing in the Woods OH 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Hancock County Spring 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- National Trail Open OH 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Ohio Championship 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Bowling Green Fall 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cincinnati Open 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Minxville Indiana 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Fun in Muncie 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Preble Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Southern Indiana Qualifier 2025 · 29 Mar 2025
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.
- Braden Richards — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead once
- Luke Garrett — met in 73 rounds, never finished ahead
- Emery McFeeter — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.