People · United States
Henry Sims
3×3 · top 5.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019SIMS01
Henry Sims has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.27, set at Skewbadelphia Winter 2020, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,149th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2019, he has put 181 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.83 in April 2019 to 9.27, a 22% improvement. Henry has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 9.27 | 11.66 | top 5.6% | 3,149 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 3.31 | 5.11 | top 6.7% | 1,043 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 2.61 | 5.39 | top 10.1% | 4,017 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 41.41 | 45.79 | top 13.9% | 2,090 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.56 | 1:20.22 | top 17.3% | 1,362 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 10.59 | 12.87 | top 27.9% | 2,204 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.81 | 26.03 | top 28.3% | 3,705 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 1:48.22 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,919 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:38.56 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,004 / 2,128 |
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
- 7 Mar 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.27 at Skewbadelphia Winter 2020.
- 7 Mar 2020Three personal bests in one day at Skewbadelphia Winter 2020.
- 14 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady Summer 2019.
- 1 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019First competition: No Place For DNF Spring 2019.
Competitions
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2024 · 2 Nov 2024
- Skewbadelphia Winter 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- George School Open 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- No Place For DNF Spring 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Livia Kleiner — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luigi Soriano — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead once
- Corey Sakowski — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.