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Paul Hendrickson

3×3 · top 81.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2009 · 2009HEND01

Paul Hendrickson has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 44.56, set at Cubetcha B 2021, puts him in the top 81.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 50,037th in the United States. Across 25 competitions since October 2009, he has put 117 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 38% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 8 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:46.93 in October 2009 to 44.56, a 58% improvement. Paul has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 81.6% of 284,439 all-time
44.56
signature single · Cubetcha B 2021
117
official solves on the record
38%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×344.561:00.48
top 81.6%50,037 / 59,724

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

Cubetcha 2009: 1:46.93Minnesota Open 2011: 2:38.90Cubetcha 2011: 1:59.47Winona Open 2013: 1:38.97Cubetcha 2013: 1:32.61Field of Cubes 2015: 1:02.92Minnesota Cube Melt 2015: 1:17.94Minnesota Cube Melt 2016: 56.10Cubetcha 2016: 1:09.59Mega Minnesota Winter 2016: 1:01.15Cubetcha 2017: 1:25.83Minnesota Cube Melt 2018: 54.01North Star Cubing Challenge 2019: 59.50Minnesota Cube Melt 2019: 1:12.17Minnesota Qualifier 2019: 1:03.033x3 Only Minnesota 2019: 1:05.75Cubetcha 2019: 1:11.86Minnesota Cube Days 2020: 1:03.87Cubetcha B 2021: 44.56Side Events Minnesota 2022: 56.25NxN Minnesota 2023: 1:21.69Minnesota Meetup III Thursday 2024: 1:00.43Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2024: 1:12.59North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2025: 1:07.76Minnesota Cube Melt 2025: 1:08.2544.562:38.9024 Oct 200927 Apr 2025

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 4.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.