People · United States
Henry Maurer
3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019MAUR05
Henry Maurer has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.55, set at Hillsboro Favorites 2024, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,165th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since August 2019, he has put 302 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:31.06 in August 2019 to 8.55, a 91% improvement. Henry has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.55 | 10.99 | top 3.8% | 2,165 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.01 | 2.95 | top 4.8% | 1,927 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.44 | 6.89 | top 9.9% | 2,572 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.00 | 30.11 | top 17.8% | 2,295 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 6.10 | 9.06 | top 26.5% | 4,318 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 42 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,178 / 2,040 | |
| Square-1 | 35.18 | 42.84 | top 58.8% | 3,877 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 1:25.01 | 1:45.07 | top 59.9% | 10,387 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 2:29.79 | 2:52.88 | top 61.0% | 4,602 / 7,841 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Apr 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.82 at Welcome to Olympia 2023.
- 29 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Welcome to Olympia 2023.
- 12 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at Oregon Championship 2022.
- 5 Mar 2022Three personal bests in one day at Let's Try Again Spokane 2022.
- 20 Nov 2021First sub-20 3×3: 11.56 at SnoCo Goes Back to Square-1 2021.
- 20 Nov 2021First sub-15 3×3: 11.56 at SnoCo Goes Back to Square-1 2021.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Oregon Championship 2024 · 13 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hillsboro Favorites 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- North Idaho Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- UW or U Don't 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Keep Portland Quiet 2023 · 13 May 2023
- Welcome to Olympia 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Oregon Championship 2022 · 12 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Rose City First-Timers A 2022 · 8 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Let's Try Again Spokane 2022 · 5 Mar 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- SnoCo Goes Back to Square-1 2021 · 20 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Keep Portland Weird 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Gaston Toe Twiddling 2019 · 17 Aug 2019
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.
- Sameer Aggarwal — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ash Black — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.