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Balder Henke

2×2 · top 0.16% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019HENK01

Balder Henke has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.74, set at Schwerin Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.16% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Germany. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since January 2019, he has put 1,062 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.88 in January 2019 to 6.06, a 53% improvement. Balder has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.16% of 186,767 all-time
0.74
signature single · Schwerin Open 2026
1,062
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×20.742.95
top 0.16%7 / 2,875
3×36.067.53
top 0.52%25 / 4,109
5×544.4848.65
top 0.59%5 / 1,158
4×424.5928.51
top 0.6%12 / 1,934
6×61:22.951:31.65
top 0.92%4 / 586
3×3 one-handed11.2414.24
top 2.1%25 / 1,314
7×72:19.502:23.53
top 2.3%8 / 510
Pyraminx3.104.82
top 4.0%90 / 1,987
Skewb3.036.97
top 5.1%58 / 1,169
Square-19.5614.43
top 5.4%25 / 533
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves29.00
top 6.2%39 / 338
Clock6.718.90
top 9.9%56 / 634
Megaminx1:03.251:12.02
top 11.7%81 / 787
3×3 blindfolded59.761:21.69
top 13.0%46 / 343

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

Berlin Winter Cubing 2019: 12.88Hamburg International 2019: 10.63German Mini Open B 2022: 6.81German Nationals 2022: 6.06German Nationals 2023: 7.05Rahn Education Open 2024: 7.71Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 7.07Back to Berlin 2024: 6.28Mainzelcubing 2025: 7.28Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 7.00Schwerin Open 2026: 6.43Westend Mega NxNxN Berlin 2026: 6.88Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 6.59Rubik's German Nationals 2026: 7.216.0612.8819 Jan 201928 Aug 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 0.06 away.
  • A sub-40 5×5 single — 68 people have one; it is 4.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.