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Paul Hays

3×3 · top 66.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2011 · 2011HAYS01

Paul Hays has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 32.47, set at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013, puts him in the top 66.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 40,093rd in the United States. Across 7 competitions since August 2011, he has put 34 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 36% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:25.22 in August 2011 to 32.47, a 62% improvement. Paul has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 66.7% of 284,439 all-time
32.47
signature single · World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013
34
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×332.4738.02
top 66.7%40,093 / 59,724

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

Canadian Open 2011: 1:25.22Vancouver Winter 2011: 54.86Lynden Open 2012: 48.69Couve Cubing 2012: 39.91Groovik's Cube Seattle 2012: 36.77World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 32.47World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 43.1132.471:25.2220 Aug 201117 Jul 2015

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 2.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.