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Bence Hervay

2×2 · top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2014 · 2014HERV01

Bence Hervay has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.35, set at Eger Open 2017, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in Hungary. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since September 2014, he has put 569 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.64 in September 2014 to 9.02, a 62% improvement. Bence has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.35
signature single · Eger Open 2017
569
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHungary
2×21.354.39
top 1.5%32 / 919
3×39.0213.62
top 4.9%75 / 1,226
Pyraminx5.458.66
top 16.1%108 / 495
3×3 one-handed20.0127.45
top 20.5%107 / 445
4×41:00.741:12.47
top 37.3%201 / 509
Skewb8.0310.09
top 41.5%160 / 324
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves52.33
top 59.0%66 / 117
5×53:19.573:35.13
top 84.0%266 / 315

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

Slovakian Open 2014: 23.64Hungarian Open 2014: 24.66B.O.N.D. Open 2015: 19.86Hungarian Nationals 2015: 18.50Bratislava No-Cutoff Open 2015: 18.62Hungarian Open 2015: 18.87Hungarian Nationals 2016: 17.13European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 18.20Hungarian Open 2016: 13.93Hungarian Nationals 2017: 12.51Eger Open 2017: 13.99Hungarian Open 2017: 12.63Pécs Open 2017: 9.02Budapest Open 2018: 12.81Hungarian Open 2018: 12.99Budapest Open 2019: 12.289.0224.6620 Sep 201430 Mar 2019

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.