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Elliott Herz

3×3 · top 12.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2007 · 2007HERZ01

Elliott Herz has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.68, set at Big Apple Spring 2016, puts him in the top 12.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,848th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since November 2007, he has put 126 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.06 in November 2007 to 11.68, a 65% improvement. Elliott has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.68
signature single · Big Apple Spring 2016
126
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.6814.88
top 12.8%6,848 / 59,724
2×23.668.27
top 22.2%8,695 / 40,951
4×451.2256.82
top 26.2%4,033 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed27.2450.71
top 40.0%5,321 / 15,683
5×51:59.582:23.31
top 49.0%4,108 / 9,401

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

Pleasantville Fall competition 2007: 33.06Newark Winter 2009: 25.58Fort Lee Winter 2009: 21.33Connecticut Summer Competition 2009: 21.21MIT Fall 2009: 19.63Big Apple Cube Clash 2016: 13.14Big Apple Spring 2016: 11.6811.6833.063 Nov 200721 May 2016

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.