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Henry Zhang

3×3 · top 0.96% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019ZHAN49

Henry Zhang has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.61, set at Cubes on the Bayside Summer 2024, puts him in the top 0.96% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 610th in the United States. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since March 2019, he has put 558 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.73 in March 2019 to 6.61, a 68% improvement. Henry has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.96% of 288,433 all-time
6.61
signature single · Cubes on the Bayside Summer 2024
558
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.617.74
top 0.96%610 / 60,666
Skewb2.504.78
top 2.9%448 / 19,164
Pyraminx2.925.45
top 3.4%897 / 29,168
Square-18.6214.10
top 3.9%299 / 6,846
2×22.143.14
top 5.8%2,340 / 41,674
4×439.3845.06
top 11.5%1,713 / 19,354
3×3 one-handed16.9423.74
top 12.5%1,641 / 15,900
Megaminx1:14.281:22.06
top 18.2%1,254 / 8,026
5×51:41.481:56.93
top 36.5%2,947 / 9,537
Clock14.0017.28
top 43.8%3,605 / 9,172

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

SBU Spring 2019: 20.73Brooklyn 2019: 12.63Brooklyn Fall 2019: 11.20SBU Fall 2019: 9.65Westport Summer 2022: 8.26Naticube 2022: 9.73New York Yopen 2022: 8.26NJIT Spring 2023: 8.32PBs in Palisades 2023: 7.97North Jersey Speedsolving A 2023: 7.48Westport Warmup 2023: 6.75Cubes on the Bayside 2023: 8.29Manhattan Mini C 2023: 7.69Cubes on the Bayside Winter 2024: 7.01North Jersey Speedsolving B 2024: 7.55Cubes on the Bayside Summer 2024: 6.61Hudson Valley Summer 2024: 8.25Long Island Winter Solstice 2024: 7.22Long Island Summer 2025: 7.05Long Island Back to School 2026: 6.776.6120.7331 Mar 20195 Sep 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.

  • Parker Trager — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Evan Liu — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
  • Eli Rogers — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 40 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.