People · Switzerland
Basil Herold
2×2 · top 0.59% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014HERO01
Basil Herold has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.02, set at Swiss Nationals 2016, puts him in the top 0.59% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Switzerland. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2014, he has put 355 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.66 in October 2014 to 6.98, a 60% improvement. Basil has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Switzerland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.02 | 1.95 | top 0.59% | 8 / 913 | |
| 3×3 | 6.98 | 10.09 | top 1.3% | 19 / 1,197 | |
| Skewb | 3.38 | 5.80 | top 7.0% | 36 / 388 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.39 | 18.64 | top 8.9% | 38 / 367 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.99 | 6.25 | top 13.1% | 114 / 655 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 30 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 22 / 97 | |
| 4×4 | 46.96 | 55.10 | top 20.8% | 85 / 462 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:14.18 | — | early days — 1 solve | 38 / 87 | |
| 5×5 | 2:24.87 | 2:50.93 | top 63.4% | 150 / 266 | |
| Megaminx | 3:14.71 | — | early days — 2 solves | 163 / 207 |
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
- 2 Apr 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.94 at Wiler Würfelfest 2016.
- 2 Apr 2016Seven personal bests in one day at Wiler Würfelfest 2016.
- 16 Jan 2016Three personal bests in one day at Chottu Skips 2016.
- 13 Nov 2015Five personal bests in one day at Würfelä im Drachenäscht 2015.
- 29 Mar 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.18 at Swiss Nationals 2015.
- 29 Mar 2015Six personal bests in one day at Swiss Nationals 2015.
Competitions
- Swiss Nationals 2016 · 3 Sep 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Tübingen Open 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- OFFA-Meisterschaft 2016 · 16 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiler Würfelfest 2016 · 2 Apr 2016 — 7 personal bests set
- Chottu Skips 2016 · 16 Jan 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Würfelä im Drachenäscht 2015 · 13 Nov 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Swiss Nationals 2015 · 29 Mar 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- SwissScience Open 2014 · 11 Oct 2014
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.
- Theo Mayer — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Tobias Peter — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
- Manuel Bühler — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.