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Henry Hammer

2×2 · top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016HAMM03

Henry Hammer has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.79, set at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,386th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since June 2016, he has put 873 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.25 in June 2016 to 9.47, a 75% improvement. Henry has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.79
signature single · Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026
873
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.793.05
top 3.5%1,386 / 40,951
3×39.4711.41
top 6.0%3,337 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.999.43
top 7.6%1,943 / 28,708
4×437.0744.78
top 8.8%1,313 / 19,072
Skewb4.185.75
top 12.2%1,891 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed16.9824.88
top 12.5%1,622 / 15,683
Megaminx1:14.701:36.19
top 18.4%1,255 / 7,841
5×51:22.481:34.84
top 21.1%1,638 / 9,401
6×62:34.563:05.83
top 28.0%991 / 4,196
Square-130.8940.39
top 51.0%3,344 / 6,743
7×75:11.91—
early days — 3 solves1,600 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves48 moves—
top 74.2%1,529 / 2,040
Clock31.70—
early days — 3 solves7,692 / 8,927

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

Cube4Cam 2016: 38.25Slow N Steady Spring 2017: 15.75Red Cross Cubing Open 2017: 18.66CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 14.87Rally In The Valley 2017: 14.21Maryland 2017: 11.89Severna Park Showdown 2017: 10.78Penn Cube Day Winter 2018: 11.94Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 11.70Slow N Steady Winter 2018: 12.42NovaCube 2018: 11.09Rutgers Spring 2018: 12.30No Place For DNF Spring 2018: 9.54Lower Moreland Spring 2018: 11.54CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018: 11.44Rally In The Valley 2018: 9.64First State 2018: 13.09Pennsylvania 2018: 9.47Fall Foliage Cubing 2018: 11.05Lower Moreland Fall 2018: 12.17CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 11.99Lower Moreland Winter 2019: 11.70Penn Cube Day Spring 2019: 10.98CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 10.68Clash at Carlisle Fall 2019: 9.59No Place For DNF Fall 2019: 9.87Slow N Steady Fall 2021: 10.08King of Prussia Spring 2026: 12.50Penn Cube Day Spring 2026: 9.50Happy Valley Spring PA 2026: 10.51LCCC Cubing Summer 2026: 10.45Axemann Summer 2026: 9.86Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 10.429.4738.254 Jun 201614 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 0.79 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.