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Henry Kolstad

Pyraminx · top 3.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2021 · 2021KOLS01

Henry Kolstad has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.05, set at River Hill Fall 2025, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,013th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since August 2021, he has put 869 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.34 in August 2021 to 11.14, a 50% improvement. Henry has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 3.8% of 129,321 all-time
3.05
signature single · River Hill Fall 2025
869
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx3.056.16
top 3.8%1,013 / 28,708
Skewb3.576.26
top 8.2%1,264 / 18,907
2×22.463.89
top 8.5%3,352 / 40,951
3×311.1413.45
top 10.9%5,909 / 59,724
4×443.1954.38
top 16.0%2,431 / 19,072
Clock8.4910.98
top 17.5%1,333 / 8,927
Square-117.3623.87
top 21.7%1,445 / 6,743
Megaminx1:22.411:43.16
top 23.4%1,606 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed23.0324.36
top 28.8%3,728 / 15,683
5×51:35.811:47.64
top 32.2%2,549 / 9,401
7×75:02.728:46.19
top 51.4%1,497 / 3,184
6×63:23.703:28.32
top 52.2%1,961 / 4,196

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

Empire State Summer B 2021: 22.34Pennsylvania Championship 2022: 19.49Silver Spring Summer 2022: 18.10Pretzel Mania 2022: 15.81Slow N Steady Fall 2022: 16.19River Hill Fall 2022: 15.80Slow N Steady Spring 2023: 15.62TJHSST Spring 2023: 14.21Wilmington Warmup 2023: 11.84CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 15.34UMBC Winter 2024: 14.82New-Cumberland County 2024: 14.34Pretzel Mania Summer 2024: 14.94Puzzles in Pottsville 2025: 12.24New-Cumberland County 2025: 11.14Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025: 12.82UMBC Spring 2025: 13.80Virginia Championship 2025: 13.17CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025: 12.10Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025: 11.63River Hill Fall 2025: 12.10UMBC Winter 2026: 11.83Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 13.7211.1422.341 Aug 202114 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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.