People · United States
Trenton He
3×3 · top 5.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025HETR02
Trenton He has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.29, set at Utah Cubing Classic 2026, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,107th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2025, he has put 135 official solves on the record across six 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 13.24 in November 2025 to 9.29, a 30% improvement. Trenton has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 9.29 | 12.20 | top 5.6% | 3,107 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 3.32 | 5.91 | top 6.7% | 1,031 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 2.29 | 4.35 | top 7.0% | 2,756 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.81 | 17.12 | top 7.7% | 1,035 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.75 | 6.12 | top 11.7% | 3,029 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.93 | 1:19.02 | top 46.8% | 7,787 / 19,072 |
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
- 23 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.29 at Utah Cubing Classic 2026.
- 23 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Utah Cubing Classic 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Utah Ice Cubing 2026.
- 13 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Utah Snowball Bash 2025.
- 29 Nov 2025First competition: Utah Championship 2025. A 13.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Utah Cubing Classic 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Utah Newcomers 2026 · 21 Mar 2026
- Utah Ice Cubing 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Utah Snowball Bash 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
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.
- Austin Chang — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Garrett Webster — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Elliot Pimentel — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.29 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.