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TJ Hayward

3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023HAYW03

TJ Hayward has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.38, set at Prescott Spring 2026, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,087th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since March 2023, he has put 908 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.85 in March 2023 to 7.38, a 47% improvement. TJ has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time
7.38
signature single · Prescott Spring 2026
908
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.389.28
top 1.8%1,087 / 59,724
2×21.442.62
top 1.9%752 / 40,951
4×434.2940.13
top 6.1%942 / 19,072
Pyraminx4.6115.25
top 10.9%2,834 / 28,708
5×51:17.041:32.09
top 16.9%1,304 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed19.9525.50
top 20.3%2,608 / 15,683
Skewb5.609.10
top 22.7%3,627 / 18,907
Megaminx1:32.601:49.65
top 29.9%2,093 / 7,841
6×63:26.274:00.73
top 53.3%2,011 / 4,196

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

Arizona Speedcubing Spring 2023: 13.85Cubing in Glendale 2023: 12.06Arizona Speedcubing Summer 2023: 14.05Bring the Heat AZ 2023: 11.32Sonoran Side Events 2023: 9.50Phoenix Cubing Open 2023: 9.77Prescott Cubing Winter 2024: 11.97Arizona Favorites 2024: 10.74Arizona Championship 2024: 9.24Bring the Heat AZ 2024: 7.65Arizona Autumn 2024: 9.48Arizona Mini 2024: 9.54Prescott Winter 2025: 9.46Lopes Up AZ 2025: 8.12Megaminx Madness AZ 2025: 10.50Cubing at the Peak AZ 2025: 8.64Arizona Championship 2025: 8.76Bring the Heat AZ 2025: 8.51Bear Down AZ 2025: 9.32Rocky Mountain Championship 2025: 8.99Arizona Favorites 2025: 8.35Frost-Free Favorites AZ 2025: 9.66Arizona Championship 2026: 8.19Lopes Up AZ 2026: 8.85Cube Against Cancer Arizona 2026: 8.64Megaminx Madness AZ 2026: 9.72Prescott Spring 2026: 7.38Bring the Heat AZ 2026: 8.817.3814.0519 Mar 202318 Jul 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.