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Layne Hayes
3×3 · top 38.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024HAYE03
Layne Hayes has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.55, set at Round Rock Splash & Solve 2026, puts him in the top 38.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21,850th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since August 2024, he has put 64 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.47 in August 2024 to 19.55, a 60% improvement. Layne has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 19.55 | 23.68 | top 38.6% | 21,850 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.49 | 15.25 | top 56.8% | 16,620 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 7.28 | 7.77 | top 62.7% | 25,778 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 14.28 | 28.72 | top 75.8% | 14,383 / 18,907 |
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
- 11 Jan 2025First sub-30 3×3: 19.73 at Austin Cubing Limits Winter 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.73 at Austin Cubing Limits Winter 2025.
- 25 Aug 2024First competition: DFW Back to School 2024. A 48.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Round Rock Splash & Solve 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- San Antonio Fall 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Austin Cubing Limits Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Texas Championship 2024 · 22 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Back to School 2024 · 25 Aug 2024
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.
- Michael Conard — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Pilat — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tucker Chamberlain — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.55 away.
- A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.