People · United States
Payton Eike
3×3 · top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016EIKE01
Payton Eike has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.77, set at Cool Down Berkeley 2025, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,420th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since January 2016, he has put 191 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:01.78 in January 2016 to 8.77, an 86% improvement. Payton has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 8.77 | 11.79 | top 4.3% | 2,420 / 59,724 | |
| 5×5 | 1:04.62 | 1:09.57 | top 8.1% | 637 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 2:03.58 | 2:09.08 | top 12.5% | 456 / 4,196 | |
| 2×2 | 3.19 | 4.04 | top 16.5% | 6,475 / 40,951 | |
| 7×7 | 3:36.23 | 3:37.88 | early days — 3 solves | 628 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.60 | 25.95 | top 22.1% | 2,845 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 49.53 | 50.75 | top 24.1% | 3,681 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.67 | 1:36.41 | top 26.0% | 1,793 / 7,841 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.72 | 10.79 | top 50.8% | 14,762 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:30.79 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,277 / 2,092 |
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
- 2 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cool Down Berkeley 2025.
- 29 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.76 at SacMini 2025.
- 29 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at SacMini 2025.
- 2 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Spring 2025.
- 15 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018.
- 13 Jan 2018First sub-15 3×3: 11.94 at South Enough 2018.
Competitions
- Berkeley Favorites 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cool Down Berkeley 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- SacMini 2025 · 29 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2025 · 2 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 21 2019 · 1 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018 · 15 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- South Enough 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- 6.25 Bay Area 2017 · 24 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 10 2017 · 20 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 9 2016 · 25 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 8 2016 · 3 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.
- Mitchell Lane — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Paul Mahvi — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Riley Woo — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 4.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.