People · United States
Henry Foster
3×3 · top 7.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019FOST05
Henry Foster has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.04, set at Solving in Shreveport 2023, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,246th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2019, he has put 185 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.84 in August 2019 to 10.04, a 32% improvement. Henry has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.04 | 11.53 | top 7.6% | 4,246 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.36 | 3.65 | top 7.6% | 3,051 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.16 | 6.22 | top 8.5% | 2,223 / 29,168 | |
| Square-1 | 17.72 | 23.94 | top 22.7% | 1,515 / 6,846 | |
| 4×4 | 58.78 | 1:06.19 | top 35.3% | 5,744 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.04 | 30.06 | top 42.1% | 5,730 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 14.19 | 18.32 | top 44.6% | 3,676 / 9,172 | |
| Skewb | 10.03 | 13.77 | top 55.2% | 10,158 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 2:29.27 | — | top 65.5% | 5,792 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 2:58.03 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,870 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:37.43 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,595 / 2,128 | |
| 6×6 | 5:07.21 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,400 / 4,262 |
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
- 4 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Space City Winter TX 2025.
- 5 Feb 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Solving in Shreveport 2023.
- 29 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022.
- 30 Aug 2019First competition: Scuppernong Spectacular 2019. A 14.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Space City Winter TX 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- KCKC 5 Fast and Furious 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Solving in Shreveport 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022 · 29 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Scuppernong Spectacular 2019 · 30 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best 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.
- Luke Garrett — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Vishwa Sankar — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
- Coleton Pleiss — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.