People · United Kingdom
Henry Tear
3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023TEAR01
Henry Tear has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.78, set at Hampshire Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 349th in the United Kingdom. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2023, he has put 373 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.09 in May 2023 to 8.78, a 38% 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 Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.78 | 11.47 | top 4.4% | 349 / 6,689 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.53 | 7.20 | top 10.4% | 410 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.47 | 21.36 | top 11.3% | 222 / 1,851 | |
| Clock | 7.32 | 8.25 | top 12.2% | 174 / 1,232 | |
| 4×4 | 40.31 | 43.30 | top 12.5% | 290 / 2,071 | |
| 2×2 | 2.86 | 3.96 | top 12.7% | 785 / 4,895 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.38 | 1:27.59 | top 18.6% | 246 / 1,151 | |
| Megaminx | 1:18.27 | 1:27.46 | top 20.7% | 243 / 966 | |
| Skewb | 5.35 | 6.88 | top 20.9% | 476 / 2,421 | |
| 6×6 | 2:47.52 | 2:54.96 | top 34.9% | 200 / 548 | |
| 7×7 | 4:23.82 | 4:37.92 | top 39.0% | 181 / 459 | |
| Square-1 | 48.09 | — | early days — 2 solves | 603 / 778 |
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
- 28 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Kewbz UK Championship 2026.
- 22 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.35 at Rubik's UK Championship 2025.
- 22 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Rubik's UK Championship 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Chichester January 2025.
- 19 Oct 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Hampshire Autumn 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Hampshire Winter 2024.
Competitions
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Hampshire Summer 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Hampshire Autumn 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Hampshire Winter 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chichester January 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Hampshire Autumn 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Hampshire Winter 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Hampshire Spring 2023 · 27 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.
- Sophie Gilbert — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Ben Stokes — met in 75 rounds, never finished ahead
- Em M. Aldi Thalukdar — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.