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Henrik Anfinsen

3×3 · top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009ANFI01

Henrik Anfinsen has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.13, set at Vårgårda Open 2012, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 136th in Norway. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since February 2009, he has put 616 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.86 in February 2009 to 10.13, a 58% improvement. Henrik has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time
10.13
signature single · Vårgårda Open 2012
616
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
3×310.1311.50
top 7.8%136 / 1,609
2×23.287.07
top 17.5%234 / 1,202
3×3 one-handed20.8032.99
top 22.7%109 / 513
4×458.201:07.09
top 34.5%178 / 590
5×51:53.912:05.81
top 45.3%125 / 318
Pyraminx11.2124.98
top 62.0%552 / 865
7×76:36.807:01.86
early days — 3 solves76 / 115
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves
early days — 1 solve91 / 117
Clock30.8034.06
top 85.4%204 / 241

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

Norwegian Open 2009: 23.86Norwegian Open 2010: 15.48Oslo Open 2010: 13.33Norwegian Open 2011: 12.21Trondheim Fall 2011: 13.44Norwegian Championship 2012: 10.83Trondheim Spring 2012: 11.43Vårgårda Open 2012: 10.13Trondheim Cube Day 2012: 10.86Norwegian Championship 2014: 11.55Trondheim Fall 2014: 10.41Nub Open 2015: 10.50St. Francis Winter Open 2015: 10.60Caltech Winter Open 2015: 10.51Toronto Open Winter 2015: 11.98Norwegian Championship 2016: 10.81Trondheim Winter 2017: 11.4910.1323.8614 Feb 200921 Jan 2017

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.