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Henry Gould

3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023GOUL01

Henry Gould has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.59, set at Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2026, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 43rd in Norway. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since April 2023, he has put 1,370 official solves on the record across 13 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 17.50 in April 2023 to 7.59, a 57% improvement. Henry has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time
7.59
signature single · Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2026
1,370
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
3×37.599.21
top 2.1%43 / 1,609
2×21.632.48
top 2.7%46 / 1,202
Pyraminx3.396.48
top 5.0%57 / 865
3×3 blindfolded42.57—
top 7.6%8 / 93
4×437.1341.06
top 8.8%42 / 590
Megaminx1:07.231:21.69
top 14.0%26 / 262
3×3 one-handed17.9222.38
top 14.9%60 / 513
Skewb5.648.93
top 23.0%151 / 531
5×51:30.501:39.80
top 27.7%72 / 318
Clock11.5314.18
top 32.7%73 / 241
Square-125.3038.39
top 39.7%65 / 153
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 12:54—
top 66.4%30 / 43
6×64:56.515:13.07
top 80.9%102 / 136

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

LSP Hverdagskubing April 2023: 17.50Norwegian Championship 2023: 14.97LSP Hverdagskubing Mai 2023: 15.19Oslo Open 2023: 12.70Kjeller Open 2023: 12.59Cubing Portal Oslo 2023: 9.31Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2024: 10.54Hauketo Hurtigkubing 2024: 9.79Oslo Open 2024: 10.10Norwegian Championship 2024: 10.48Birkeland Open 2024: 9.66Kjeller Open 2024: 9.31Drammen Open 2024: 8.81Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2025: 9.84Kristiansand Open 2025: 9.52Oslo Open 2025: 8.45Norwegian Championship 2025: 9.50Kjeller Open 2025: 8.41Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2026: 7.59Drammen Open 2026: 7.84Nordic & Swedish Championship 2026: 8.17Oslo Open 2026: 8.16Norwegian Championship 2026: 8.357.5917.5024 Apr 202314 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.