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Henry Bennett

2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018BENN03

Henry Bennett has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.68, set at Belfast Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 220th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since June 2018, he has put 1,099 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.34 in June 2018 to 8.83, a 65% improvement. Henry has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.68
signature single · Belfast Autumn 2025
1,099
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.683.40
top 3.0%220 / 4,895
3×38.839.40
top 4.5%355 / 6,689
Pyraminx3.675.73
top 6.2%233 / 3,656
4×434.8141.40
top 6.5%158 / 2,071
3×3 one-handed16.8921.38
top 12.3%240 / 1,851
5×51:12.401:28.81
top 13.4%181 / 1,151
Megaminx1:13.751:19.50
top 17.9%210 / 966
Clock9.259.93
top 21.2%295 / 1,232
Skewb7.739.33
top 39.3%929 / 2,421
6×63:17.704:00.37
early days — 3 solves297 / 548
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves—
early days — 1 solve268 / 372

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

Hastings Open 2018: 25.34August Bank Holiday Competition 2018: 19.57Stratford-upon-Avon Open 2018: 19.35UK Championship 2018: 17.19London Open 2019: 19.92High Wycombe Open 2019: 17.22British Summer Open 2019: 17.17August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019: 14.07UK Championship 2019: 12.77Guildford Open 2020: 10.13Kewbz UK Open 2024: 11.36Leicestershire Autumn 2024: 9.95Stevenage October 2024: 9.64Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 9.69Don't Fail Kinsale 2024: 10.50Crewe Winter 2025: 9.75Stevenage March 2025: 11.36Wiltshire Summer 2025: 9.00Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 8.83Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 9.89Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025: 11.13Belfast Autumn 2025: 9.78Crewe Spring 2026: 9.79Leeds Spring 2026: 9.12Liverpool Spring 2026: 9.49Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 9.84Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 9.588.8325.342 Jun 201828 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.