People · United States
Henry Schaffer
3×3 · top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015SCHA02
Henry Schaffer has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.49, set at Clock N' Other Stuff 2016, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,373rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2015, he has put 237 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.67 in May 2015 to 9.49, a 66% improvement. Henry has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 9.49 | 13.71 | top 6.1% | 3,373 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.99 | 8.37 | top 13.1% | 3,413 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.97 | 24.66 | top 15.0% | 1,946 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 3.86 | 4.90 | top 24.7% | 9,681 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 51.44 | 56.27 | top 26.5% | 4,073 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 6.23 | 8.65 | top 27.6% | 4,504 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 16.54 | 19.45 | top 53.8% | 4,446 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 2:07.26 | 2:23.99 | top 53.8% | 4,551 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:55.22 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,616 / 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
- 30 Apr 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.49 at Clock N' Other Stuff 2016.
- 30 Apr 2016Four personal bests in one day at Clock N' Other Stuff 2016.
- 6 Feb 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.62 at Dixon Winter 2016.
- 6 Feb 2016Five personal bests in one day at Dixon Winter 2016.
- 24 Oct 2015Four personal bests in one day at Cubetcha 2015.
- 5 Sep 2015First sub-20 3×3: 18.38 at Wiscube 2nd Edition 2015.
Competitions
- Petoskey Cubing 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Hillcrest Cubing 2017 · 1 Jul 2017
- Wiscube 2016 · 3 Sep 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2016 · 29 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Clock N' Other Stuff 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Dixon Winter 2016 · 6 Feb 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubetcha 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Wiscube 2nd Edition 2015 · 5 Sep 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Clock N' Stuff 2015 · 23 May 2015
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.
- Joshua Feran — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Walker Welch — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kennan LeJeune — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
Targets move as he improves.