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Derek Heimbach

2×2 · top 62.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009HEIM01

Derek Heimbach has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 7.21, set at Drexel Winter 2009, puts him in the top 62.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25,549th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since February 2009, he has put 27 official solves on the record across four events. His 2×2 best has come down from 11.77 in February 2009 to 7.21, a 39% improvement. Derek has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 62.1% of 186,767 all-time
7.21
signature single · Drexel Winter 2009
27
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×27.2110.00
top 62.1%25,549 / 40,951
3×330.9146.30
top 64.1%38,372 / 59,724
Pyraminx14.7517.01
top 80.9%23,938 / 28,708
4×42:35.86
early days — 3 solves17,791 / 19,072

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

Newark Winter 2009: 11.77Drexel Winter 2009: 7.217.2111.777 Feb 200914 Mar 2009

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 0.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.