People · United States
Henry Niemann
2×2 · top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023NIEM02
Henry Niemann has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.32, set at Cubehenge 2023, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 589th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2023, he has put 187 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.75 in May 2023 to 16.73, a 37% improvement. Henry has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.32 | 5.37 | top 1.4% | 589 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.58 | 7.46 | top 16.9% | 4,498 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 16.73 | 21.93 | top 30.2% | 16,590 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.15 | 1:29.41 | top 56.0% | 9,614 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 2:52.35 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,496 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 54.34 | — | early days — 2 solves | 11,888 / 15,683 |
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
- 24 Jun 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.39 at Return to Quabbin 2023.
- 11 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubehenge 2023.
- 6 May 2023First competition: Middleboro Cubikon 2023. A 26.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Brookline Favorites 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2024 · 23 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Wakefield MA Summer 2024 · 30 Jun 2024
- Salem Cubikon 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at the Y - Stoughton 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Quabbin Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- Brookline Favorites 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Return to Quabbin 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubehenge 2023 · 11 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Connecticut Spring 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Middleboro Cubikon 2023 · 6 May 2023
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.
- Derek White — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Saisabari Ramesh — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.