People · United States
Nicholas Hay
3×3 blindfolded · top 5.8% of 12,178 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016HAYN01
Nicholas Hay has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 36.43, set at Howdy Partner 2018, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 114th in the United States. Until August 2009, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2016, he has put 157 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.19 in January 2016 to 10.28, a 40% improvement. Nicholas has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 blindfolded | 36.43 | — | top 5.8% | 114 / 2,092 | |
| 3×3 | 10.28 | 12.42 | top 8.3% | 4,561 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 41.60 | 45.68 | top 14.0% | 2,088 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.29 | 21.00 | top 18.6% | 2,391 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 3.91 | 5.47 | top 25.3% | 9,944 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.03 | 1:54.82 | top 43.3% | 3,544 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.74 | 11.81 | top 58.6% | 17,196 / 28,708 | |
| Square-1 | 43.48 | 50.78 | top 69.4% | 4,563 / 6,743 | |
| 6×6 | 4:24.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,888 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 3 cubes · 9:57 | — | early days — 1 solve | 601 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Jul 2017Seven personal bests in one day at Southern Championships 2017.
- 11 Mar 2017Three personal bests in one day at College Station Qualifier 2017.
- 16 Jul 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.32 at Houston Cube Blast 2016.
- 2 Jan 2016First competition: South East Texas Open 2016. A 17.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Howdy Partner 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- South East Texas Open 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Southern Championships 2017 · 15 Jul 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- College Station Qualifier 2017 · 11 Mar 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Houston Cube Blast 2016 · 16 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- South East Texas Open 2016 · 2 Jan 2016
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.
- Shonathon Collins — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Calvin Sall — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Jeff Park — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 6.43 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.