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Henry Traut

3×3 · top 5.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023TRAU03

Henry Traut has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.03, set at Georgia Championship 2026, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,818th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since November 2023, he has put 578 official solves on the record across twelve 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. That figure sets aside his 17 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.03 in November 2023 to 9.03, a 40% improvement. Henry has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.0% of 288,433 all-time
9.03
signature single · Georgia Championship 2026
578
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.0310.86
top 5.0%2,818 / 60,666
Megaminx49.6159.25
top 5.0%359 / 8,026
Skewb3.696.71
top 8.9%1,390 / 19,164
Pyraminx4.365.68
top 9.5%2,499 / 29,168
3×3 one-handed16.4718.56
top 11.4%1,510 / 15,900
4×439.8542.75
top 12.0%1,805 / 19,354
Clock7.679.77
top 13.6%1,072 / 9,172
5×51:14.701:25.58
top 15.2%1,189 / 9,537
Square-115.5720.48
top 17.8%1,215 / 6,846
2×23.414.18
top 19.2%7,614 / 41,674
6×62:45.523:00.70
top 33.8%1,230 / 4,262
7×74:40.414:55.23
top 44.7%1,314 / 3,236

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

Algorithms on Abercorn 2023: 15.03Jacksonville Winter 2023: 14.64FSUbers 5.0 2024: 13.71CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024: 13.09Beach Bash Jacksonville 2024: 11.74Middle Georgia Gives Thanks 2024: 10.57Solving in Savannah 2025: 10.66FSUbers 8.0 2025: 10.60GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2025: 10.39Middle Georgia Big Cube Showdown 2025: 10.50CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025: 11.18Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.60Georgia Championship 2026: 9.03Middle Georgia March Madness 2026: 12.14CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026: 9.989.0315.0319 Nov 202325 Apr 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.

  • Kellan Butler — met in 112 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
  • Katie Hull — met in 110 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Alex Bohac — met in 98 rounds, finished ahead 4 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.03 away.
  • A sub-40 Megaminx single — 567 people have one; it is 9.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.