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Henry Powell

3×3 · top 0.049% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022POWE05

Henry Powell has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.51, set at Cardinal Country KY Cubing 2026, puts him in the top 0.049% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in the United States. Until May 2018, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since June 2022, he has put 854 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.49 in June 2022 to 4.51, a 61% improvement. Henry has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.049% of 284,439 all-time
4.51
signature single · Cardinal Country KY Cubing 2026
854
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×34.518.09
top 0.049%32 / 59,724
2×21.442.73
top 1.9%752 / 40,951
Pyraminx4.086.82
top 8.1%2,062 / 28,708
4×437.8142.97
top 9.6%1,431 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed15.8119.12
top 9.8%1,297 / 15,683
Skewb4.046.76
top 11.2%1,718 / 18,907
5×51:17.711:35.84
top 17.3%1,346 / 9,401
Square-118.7122.90
top 25.0%1,660 / 6,743
Clock10.0611.94
top 25.4%1,945 / 8,927
Megaminx2:05.922:14.44
top 49.1%3,653 / 7,841
6×63:45.084:06.88
top 60.5%2,323 / 4,196
7×710:40.00—
early days — 1 solve3,155 / 3,184

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

Bluegrass Spring 2022: 11.49Bluegrass Fall 2022: 11.06Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023: 9.58Bluegrass Bash 2023: 8.83Kentucky Horse Park 2023: 8.50MoreHead-to-Head 2023: 7.56Big E Slice 2023: 7.21Central KY Nats Warm-Up 2023: 8.34Flex in Lex 2023: 7.46CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 7.58Back To The Ville 2023: 7.29Megamania in Louisville 2024: 7.96Moonbow Mega Kentucky 2024: 8.95Trains on Main La Grange 2024: 7.57Northern Kentucky 2024: 7.88CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 7.44Flex in Lex 2024: 6.88Return of the Ville KY 2025: 7.27Oldham County Spring 2025: 7.26Northern Kentucky 2025: 8.08Oldham County Summer 2026: 7.49Cardinal Country KY Cubing 2026: 4.514.5111.4911 Jun 202211 Jul 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-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.