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Henry Lichner

5×5 · top 0.017% of 40,792 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018LICH05

Henry Lichner has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 31.98, set at 4x4 Off US-40 IL 2026, puts him in the top 0.017% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in the United States. Until September 2024, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 53 competitions since June 2018, he has put 2,763 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.15 in June 2018 to 4.40, a 74% improvement. Henry has entered 53 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

5×5
best event — top 0.017% of 40,792 all-time
31.98
signature single · 4x4 Off US-40 IL 2026
2,763
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
5×531.9839.43
top 0.017%2 / 9,401
3×34.406.02
top 0.039%28 / 59,724
4×419.8022.94
top 0.045%7 / 19,072
6×61:03.431:10.63
top 0.051%2 / 4,196
7×71:42.801:49.55
top 0.11%3 / 3,184
Pyraminx1.683.09
top 0.65%195 / 28,708
Megaminx35.1342.26
top 0.67%47 / 7,841
2×21.262.02
top 1.2%511 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed10.5812.83
top 1.5%236 / 15,683
Skewb2.314.02
top 2.3%335 / 18,907
Square-17.7111.70
top 2.6%194 / 6,743
Clock4.525.30
top 3.4%277 / 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

Coach Pigeon 2018: 17.15Independence Cube Day 2018: 13.84Albany Winter 2019: 11.71Cubing Peoria 2019: 9.68CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019: 8.59Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019: 9.39Mishawaka Summer 2019: 8.43North Liberty 2019: 7.39Albany Fall 2019: 7.28Wiscube 2019: 7.18Small Cheese 2019: 7.56Cubing Peoria 2020: 8.02Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020: 7.99Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2022: 7.78NxNaperville 2022: 6.73Milwaukee First 2022: 6.57Mt. Prospect Open 2022: 6.31UIUC Fall 2022: 5.84Iowa Fall 2022: 6.212x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022: 5.94Naperville Winter B 2022: 6.78Indiana Finally Returns 2023: 6.09Everything in Evanston B 2023: 6.75CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 6.31DeKalb Cubing Fall 2023: 5.06Evanston Fall Mini C 2023: 6.75Peoria Fall 2023: 5.75The Core of Hobart 2023: 5.26DuPage Winter 2024: 4.62Chicago Area Twist Spring A 2024: 5.23Ackerman Spring 2024: 5.86Lincoln Library Cubing 2024: 6.15Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 5.98Cubing in Oak Creek 2024: 5.986x6 Still in a Madison Park 2024: 5.79DuPage Fall 2024: 6.13Kenosha First B 2024: 6.004x4 by Four Madison Lakes 2024: 4.40Naperville Winter 2025: 5.40Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 5.03WisconsiNxN 2025: 5.56CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025: 5.54Machesney Park Fall 2025: 5.62Naperville Gray Skies 2026: 6.29Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 6.354x4 Off US-40 IL 2026: 5.734.4017.1523 Jun 201829 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-30 5×5 single — 1 people have one; it is 1.98 away.
  • A sub-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.