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Henrik Linus Pauly

3×3 · top 9.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019PAUL13

Henrik Linus Pauly has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.82, set at Hamburg International 2020, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 511th in Germany. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2019, he has put 311 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.73 in August 2019 to 10.82, a 27% improvement. Henrik has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.9% of 284,439 all-time
10.82
signature single · Hamburg International 2020
311
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×310.8213.91
top 9.9%511 / 4,109
2×22.743.70
top 11.4%414 / 2,875
4×451.2258.24
top 26.2%504 / 1,934
3×3 one-handed22.9930.60
top 28.7%384 / 1,314
Megaminx1:34.801:52.10
top 31.2%224 / 787
Square-122.9730.41
top 34.6%164 / 533
Skewb7.819.85
top 39.8%537 / 1,169
5×51:59.272:09.38
top 48.8%518 / 1,158
Pyraminx10.4014.64
top 56.1%1,240 / 1,987
Clock18.3527.85
top 59.8%382 / 634
3×3 blindfolded3:51.66
early days — 3 solves202 / 343
7×76:13.62
top 70.8%305 / 510
6×64:21.68
early days — 3 solves373 / 586
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves
early days — 2 solves283 / 338

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

German Nationals 2019: 14.73Danish Open 2019: 14.68Bremium Winter 2019: 14.01Berlin Winter Cubing 2020: 11.80Hamburg International 2020: 10.82Dutch Masters 2022: 12.5110.8214.732 Aug 201921 May 2022

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 0.82 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.