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Layne Harrier
3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023HARR15
Layne Harrier has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.46, set at Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,144th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2023, he has put 288 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.39 in May 2023 to 7.46, a 48% improvement. Layne has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.46 | 10.22 | top 1.9% | 1,144 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.18 | 4.22 | top 6.0% | 2,413 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.24 | 8.30 | top 14.7% | 3,853 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 4.64 | 9.14 | top 15.5% | 2,435 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.81 | 23.46 | top 20.0% | 2,568 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 51.41 | 53.03 | top 26.4% | 4,068 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:41.04 | 1:51.61 | top 35.2% | 2,513 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 13.78 | 18.31 | top 42.9% | 3,445 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.63 | 2:14.04 | top 43.8% | 3,588 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 4:18.41 | 4:24.41 | early days — 3 solves | 2,808 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 6:43.48 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,409 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Apr 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Cubicle Day Oxford 2024.
- 21 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Nimble Hands in Noblesville 2024.
- 5 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Back To The Ville 2023.
- 17 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 7.46 at Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023.
- 1 May 2023First competition: Ohio State Spring First-Timers A 2023. A 16.53 3×3 single to start from.
- 1 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.39 at Ohio State Spring First-Timers A 2023.
Competitions
- Minxville Indiana 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- WonderLand Education West Lafayette Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubicle Day Oxford 2024 · 28 Apr 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Nimble Hands in Noblesville 2024 · 21 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Back To The Ville 2023 · 5 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023 · 17 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Little Giant Open 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio State Spring First-Timers A 2023 · 1 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Luke Garrett — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
- Keenan Darkins — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Lucy Grace Bryson — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.