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Carter Herman

2×2 · top 11.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018HERM01

Carter Herman has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.74, set at Classic City Closer 2018, puts him in the top 11.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,481st in the United States. Across 10 competitions since February 2018, he has put 177 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.86 in February 2018 to 15.39, a 65% improvement. Carter has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 11.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.74
signature single · Classic City Closer 2018
177
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.744.71
top 11.4%4,481 / 40,951
Pyraminx5.7912.13
top 18.4%4,903 / 28,708
3×315.3918.31
top 25.7%14,013 / 59,724
Skewb9.4115.38
top 51.2%9,180 / 18,907
4×41:50.652:13.90
top 77.0%14,154 / 19,072
Square-11:18.66
early days — 2 solves6,265 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed1:23.51
early days — 1 solve14,433 / 15,683

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

Hendersonville Winter 2018: 43.86Fruit Salad 2018: 32.56Classic City Closer 2018: 19.29Carolina Cubers United 2018: 19.05Crossroads Cubing 2018: 15.39CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 17.42Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2018: 17.55Gobbler Cube Day Winter 2019: 17.18CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2019: 17.63Greensboro Summer 2019: 17.4515.3943.863 Feb 201820 Jul 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.