People · United States
Trenton He
3×3 · top 5.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025HETR02
Trenton He has been competing for 11 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 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,173rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2025, he has put 158 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 36,406 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 six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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% | 3,173 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 3.32 | 5.91 | top 6.7% | 1,052 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 2.29 | 3.99 | top 7.0% | 2,809 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.81 | 17.12 | top 7.8% | 1,054 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.75 | 6.12 | top 11.7% | 3,088 / 29,168 | |
| Megaminx | 1:32.78 | 1:40.67 | top 30.0% | 2,147 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.93 | 1:19.02 | top 46.9% | 7,905 / 19,354 |
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 Speedcubing Speedoff 2026 · 12 Sep 2026
- 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 32 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Elliot Pimentel — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Canyon Pettitt — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.29 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.