People · Germany
Henri Gerber
3×3 one-handed · top 0.072% of 73,695 all-time · competing since February 2014 · 2014GERB01
Henri Gerber has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 7.01, set at Schnelle Solves Siegen 2025, puts him in the top 0.072% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Germany. Until May 2015, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 96 competitions since February 2014, he has put 9,315 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.93 in February 2014 to 4.98, a 64% improvement. Henri has entered 96 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 7.01 | 10.93 | top 0.072% | 2 / 1,314 | |
| Megaminx | 27.54 | 33.38 | top 0.089% | 1 / 787 | |
| 3×3 | 4.98 | 6.56 | top 0.12% | 6 / 4,109 | |
| 4×4 | 22.72 | 27.86 | top 0.29% | 5 / 1,934 | |
| Skewb | 1.54 | 2.72 | top 0.5% | 6 / 1,169 | |
| 2×2 | 0.98 | 1.72 | top 0.52% | 22 / 2,875 | |
| Square-1 | 6.33 | 9.15 | top 1.0% | 4 / 533 | |
| 5×5 | 47.46 | 51.64 | top 1.1% | 9 / 1,158 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.07 | 3.06 | top 1.3% | 24 / 1,987 | |
| 6×6 | 1:28.88 | 1:37.58 | top 1.7% | 7 / 586 | |
| 7×7 | 2:17.28 | 2:26.77 | top 2.0% | 6 / 510 | |
| Clock | 4.68 | 6.00 | top 3.6% | 16 / 634 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 28.20 | 37.00 | top 3.7% | 12 / 343 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 26 moves | 32.33 | top 6.2% | 39 / 338 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 13 of 14 cubes · 55:09 | — | top 12.7% | 22 / 142 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 3:51.32 | 4:41.09 | top 13.7% | 11 / 85 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 11:20.00 | — | top 25.8% | 14 / 47 |
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
- 14 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at GamMa Spring 2022.
- 21 Sep 2019Four personal bests in one day at Monnem City Cubing 2019.
- 13 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Danish Open 2019.
- 2 Aug 2019Five personal bests in one day at German Nationals 2019.
- 17 Nov 2018Five personal bests in one day at Awesome Bruchsal Cubing 2018.
- 7 Sep 2018Four personal bests in one day at German Nationals 2018.
Competitions
- Rubik's German Nationals 2026 · 28 Aug 2026
- Nats Warm-Up Delmenhorst 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Svealandsmästerskapet 2026 · 7 Aug 2026
- Stockholmsligan 1: Nappar - 2026 · 6 Aug 2026
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026
- Rahn Education Open 2026 · 1 May 2026
- German Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Bremium Cubing 2026 · 20 Mar 2026
- Rahn Education Advent Open 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Rhein-Neckar Complete Breakdown 2025 · 9 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2025 · 26 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Delmenhorst Dreht Durch 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- Berlin Summer Open 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kölner Kubing 2025 · 23 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- German Open 2025 · 10 May 2025
- Oldenburg Oster Open 2025 · 11 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Schnelle Solves Siegen 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Sydals Open 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
- Rahn Education Open 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- German Newcomer Day 2025 · 1 Mar 2025
- Aachen Open 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- Aarhus Christmas 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Back to Berlin 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bremium Cubing 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2024 · 4 Oct 2024
- Crazy Cologne Cubing 2024 · 27 Sep 2024
- Danish Championship 2024 · 6 Sep 2024
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Oslo Open 2024 · 21 Jun 2024
- Rhein-Neckar Physical Breakdown June 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kölner Kubing 2024 · 24 May 2024
- Michigan Mini 18 2024 · 22 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Washtenaw Spring 2024 · 14 Apr 2024
- Michigan Mega Madness 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Mini 17 2024 · 25 Mar 2024
- Ohio State Weekend of Madness 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Eastwood Cubing 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
- Michigan Mini 15 2024 · 29 Jan 2024
- Kölner Kubing 2023 · 11 Nov 2023
- c't Open Hannover 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2023 · 23 Sep 2023
- Odense Classic Cubing 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- German Nationals 2023 · 4 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Czech Open 2023 · 14 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Aasee Algorithms 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- German Open 2023 · 29 Apr 2023
- Bremium Cubing 2023 · 7 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rahn Education Leipzig 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
- Rhein-Neckar Open 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2022 · 19 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022 · 14 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- GamMa Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- German Mini Open B 2022 · 1 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- German Side Events 2021 · 20 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best set
- German Mini Open B 2021 · 7 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Rhein-Neckar Open B 2021 · 17 Oct 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Hamburg International 2020 · 29 Feb 2020
- Bremium Winter 2019 · 30 Nov 2019
- Nordic Championship 2019 · 17 Oct 2019
- Monnem City Cubing 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Danish Open 2019 · 13 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2019 · 2 Aug 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019
- Hessen Open 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- German Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bremium Cubing 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Awesome Bruchsal Cubing 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- German Big Cube Open 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Monnem City Cubing 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- German Nationals 2018 · 7 Sep 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- WCA European Championship 2018 · 19 Jul 2018 — 10 personal bests set
- Cologne Open 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Berlin Kubus Projekt 2017 · 2 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2017 · 1 Sep 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- German Big Cube Open 2017 · 1 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Hessen Open 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- German Open 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Hamburg Open 2017 · 25 Feb 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubelonia 2017 · 6 Jan 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Sébra Open 2016 · 29 Oct 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2016 · 7 Oct 2016 — 9 personal bests set
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016 · 15 Jul 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Berlin Summer Cube Days 2016 · 2 Jul 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- German Open 2016 · 9 Apr 2016 — 7 personal bests set
- Cubelonia 2016 · 9 Jan 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Sébra Open 2015 · 5 Dec 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2015 · 5 Sep 2015 — 8 personal bests set
- German Big Cube Open 2015 · 22 Aug 2015 — 10 personal bests set
- German Open 2015 · 18 Apr 2015 — 12 personal bests set
- Schleswig Holstein Open 2014 · 27 Dec 2014 — 9 personal bests set
- Sébra Open 2014 · 4 Oct 2014 — 7 personal bests set
- German Open 2014 · 5 Apr 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Hamburg Open 2014 · 22 Feb 2014 — 4 personal bests set
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.
- Kevin Gerhardt — met in 1,039 rounds, finished ahead 295 times · head to head
- Sébastien Auroux — met in 985 rounds, finished ahead 877 times
- Jan Bentlage — met in 933 rounds, finished ahead 731 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 one-handed single — 4 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
- A sub-25 Megaminx single — 8 people have one; it is 2.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.