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Henry Gelvin

2×2 · top 8.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018GELV01

Henry Gelvin has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.49, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2018, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,460th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since February 2018, he has put 117 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.22 in February 2018 to 2.49, a 60% improvement. Henry has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.49
signature single · CubingUSA Nationals 2018
117
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.494.31
top 8.8%3,460 / 40,951
Pyraminx7.3512.06
top 30.8%8,576 / 28,708
Skewb6.6911.25
top 31.2%5,167 / 18,907
3×317.7622.55
top 33.4%18,520 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed37.5142.19
top 61.6%8,687 / 15,683
4×41:48.212:06.24
top 75.7%13,827 / 19,072
Clock25.6932.70
top 78.0%6,858 / 8,927
5×53:59.70
early days — 2 solves8,686 / 9,401

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

STEM Educ8 2018: 6.22CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2018: 5.60Sunny Showdown 2018: 2.86Indialantic Open 2018: 5.34CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 2.492.496.2224 Feb 201827 Jul 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.