People · France
Paul Haye
3×3 · top 1.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2016 · 2016HAYE01
Paul Haye has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.05, set at Sézanne Open 2022, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 101st in France. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since September 2016, he has put 672 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.74 in September 2016 to 7.05, a 45% improvement. Paul has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.05 | 9.38 | top 1.4% | 101 / 4,823 | |
| 4×4 | 30.67 | 38.23 | top 3.3% | 62 / 1,839 | |
| 2×2 | 1.84 | 3.52 | top 3.8% | 169 / 3,129 | |
| Skewb | 2.83 | 4.27 | top 4.2% | 64 / 1,309 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.50 | 6.45 | top 5.5% | 150 / 2,185 | |
| Square-1 | 12.78 | 16.68 | top 11.5% | 66 / 547 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.30 | 20.88 | top 13.4% | 230 / 1,508 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.01 | 1:22.51 | top 15.5% | 132 / 1,038 | |
| Megaminx | 2:16.32 | — | top 54.6% | 404 / 872 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:35.11 | — | early days — 1 solve | 287 / 445 | |
| 6×6 | 5:48.60 | — | early days — 2 solves | 392 / 444 |
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
- 4 Jun 2022Five personal bests in one day at Sézanne Open 2022.
- 16 Apr 2022Four personal bests in one day at Paris Open 2022.
- 20 Apr 2019Five personal bests in one day at French Championship 2019.
- 9 Mar 2019Four personal bests in one day at Chelles Open 2019.
- 23 Jun 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.76 at Nantes Open 2018.
- 23 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at Nantes Open 2018.
Competitions
- Sézanne Open 2022 · 4 Jun 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Paris Open 2022 · 16 Apr 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Champagne Open 2019 · 7 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- French Championship 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Chelles Open 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Paris Open 2018 · 6 Oct 2018
- Champagne Open 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Nantes Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- French Championship 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Nancy Open 2017 · 25 Nov 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- Champagne Open 2017 · 9 Sep 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- French Championship 2017 · 8 Apr 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Nancy Open 2016 · 3 Dec 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Champagne Open 2016 · 10 Sep 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.
- Anthony Lafourcade — met in 139 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Elian Beguec — met in 123 rounds, never finished ahead
- Abdelhak Kaddour — met in 121 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.