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Walter Hencken
Pyraminx · top 30.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025HENC03
Walter Hencken has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.37, set at DFW Cubing Fall 2025, puts him in the top 30.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,631st in the United States. Across 9 competitions since April 2025, he has put 163 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.94 in April 2025 to 26.12, a 27% improvement. Walter has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 7.37 | 13.43 | top 30.9% | 8,631 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 5.06 | 8.72 | top 40.1% | 16,097 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 26.12 | 30.50 | top 55.0% | 32,375 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 10.38 | 15.23 | top 57.3% | 10,445 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 21.51 | 33.05 | top 68.8% | 5,937 / 8,927 |
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
- 4 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Fall 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at DFW Back to School 2025.
- 18 May 2025First sub-30 3×3: 26.40 at DFW Qualifier 2025.
- 19 Apr 2025First competition: DFW Cubing Spring 2025. A 35.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- DFW Cubing Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Favorites 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- The Heart of Texas Fall 2025 · 14 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Back to School 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025
- DFW Qualifier 2025 · 18 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 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.
- Tristan Patrick — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jonah Eckhoff — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ryan Pilat — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.37 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.