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Michael Hay

2×2 · top 20.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023HAYM01

Michael Hay has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.49, set at Aberdeen Autumn 2023, puts him in the top 20.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,135th in the United Kingdom. Across 9 competitions since March 2023, he has put 127 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.54 in March 2023 to 3.49, a 59% improvement. Michael has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 20.1% of 186,767 all-time
3.49
signature single · Aberdeen Autumn 2023
127
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×23.494.96
top 20.1%1,135 / 4,895
3×316.9421.79
top 30.8%2,051 / 6,689

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

Edinburgh Spring 2023: 8.54North Highlands Summer 2023: 7.66Glasgow Autumn 2023: 4.33Aberdeen Autumn 2023: 3.49Edinburgh Winter 2024: 4.41Glasgow Spring 2024: 4.21Edinburgh Winter 2025: 3.51Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 6.013.498.544 Mar 202330 May 2025

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.