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Derek Herrera

3×3 · top 0.13% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018HERR19

Derek Herrera has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.07, set at Hillister Cube Hustle 2026, puts him in the top 0.13% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12th in the Philippines. Until November 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since November 2018, he has put 1,469 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.85 in November 2018 to 5.07, a 43% improvement. Derek has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.13% of 284,439 all-time
5.07
signature single · Hillister Cube Hustle 2026
1,469
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPhilippines
3×35.077.15
top 0.13%12 / 6,270
4×424.3529.04
top 0.55%9 / 2,135
3×3 one-handed9.9211.99
top 1.0%27 / 2,440
5×552.1059.78
top 2.4%22 / 928
2×21.722.46
top 3.2%86 / 4,257
Pyraminx3.164.16
top 4.2%85 / 2,621
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves—
early days — 1 solve71 / 189

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

Longhorn Fall 2018: 8.85Lone Star Cubing 2019: 10.43Austin Fall 2019: 8.88CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022: 8.39Cube Against Cancer Texas 2023: 7.62Houston Spring Side Events 2023: 7.53CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023: 7.51Space City Summer 2023: 6.51Brazos Cubing Fall 2023: 6.57Texas Championship 2023: 6.06Space City Winter 2024: 6.49Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024: 6.69Turning at Tompkins Spring 2024: 6.90Humble Cube Rumble Summer 2024: 6.57Brazos Cubing Fall 2024: 6.40Texas Championship 2024: 6.13Space City Winter TX 2025: 7.20Austin Cubing Limits Winter 2025: 6.24Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025: 6.06Brazos Cubing Spring 2025: 6.66Houston Back to School 2025: 6.31Space City Fall TX 2025: 5.61Texas Championship 2025: 7.16Brazos Cubing Winter 2026: 6.99CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026: 6.51GAN Southern Championship 2026: 7.28Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 6.42Hillister Cube Hustle 2026: 5.07Rocky Mountain Championship 2026: 7.02DFW Cubing Summer 2026: 6.495.0710.4317 Nov 201829 Aug 2026

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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 4.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.