People · United States
Henry Syn
3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2021 · 2021SYNH01
Henry Syn has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.25, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 989th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 44 competitions since May 2021, he has put 1,328 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.90 in May 2021 to 7.25, a 59% improvement. Henry has entered 44 competitions, more competitions than 99% 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 | 7.25 | 9.04 | top 1.6% | 989 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 28.65 | 34.02 | top 2.1% | 346 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 52.68 | 59.44 | top 2.6% | 203 / 9,401 | |
| 2×2 | 1.93 | 3.71 | top 4.3% | 1,705 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.04 | 17.79 | top 4.5% | 648 / 15,683 | |
| 7×7 | 2:35.54 | 2:50.85 | top 4.7% | 125 / 3,184 | |
| 6×6 | 1:43.01 | 1:48.19 | top 4.9% | 167 / 4,196 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.02 | 9.77 | top 20.2% | 5,404 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 1:57.20 | 2:18.60 | top 44.2% | 3,235 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 15.46 | 18.60 | top 49.8% | 4,061 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 12.49 | 19.88 | top 68.4% | 12,848 / 18,907 |
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
- 14 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at New York Championship 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Empire State Winter 2024.
- 17 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023.
- 5 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at Empire State Fall 2022.
- 11 Jun 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at NSW Open 2022.
- 11 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at NSW Open 2022.
Competitions
- Empire State ALL11-Stars 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Cubing in Westerly RI 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
- Liberty Science Center Fall B 2025 · 14 Sep 2025
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Damásio Open 2025 · 14 Jun 2025
- King of Prussia Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tipping Point Bloomsburg 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open A 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades Winter 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
- Flushing Glow PM 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Flushing Open PM 2024 · 24 Nov 2024
- New York Championship 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubes on the Bayside Summer 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Wall Street Spring B 2024 · 19 May 2024
- Spring into Summit 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- South Jersey Speedsolving 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ridgefield Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubes on the Bayside Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Parsippany Mini PM 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
- Cubes on the Bayside 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Northampton Fall B 2023 · 5 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Fall Favorites 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Westchester Weeknights 5 2023 · 25 Sep 2023
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Westchester Weeknights 1 2023 · 22 May 2023
- North Jersey Speedsolving A 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Connecticut Spring 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- West Chester Fall 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Fall 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- NSW Open 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Canberra Autumn 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Tramsheds Series Sunday 2022 · 13 Feb 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Marrickville Autumn Saturday 2021 · 22 May 2021 — 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.
- Evan Liu — met in 144 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Zach Ridall — met in 138 rounds, finished ahead 58 times
- Ayden Dincher — met in 134 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 3.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.