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Emerson Herrmann

3×3 · top 12.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2008 · 2008HERR01

Emerson Herrmann has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.47, set at Stanford Fall competition 2009, puts him in the top 12.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,489th in the United States. Across 11 competitions since April 2008, he has put 274 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.97 in April 2008 to 11.47, a 48% improvement. Emerson has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.0% of 284,439 all-time
11.47
signature single · Stanford Fall competition 2009
274
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.4713.97
top 12.0%6,489 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed17.9020.98
top 14.8%1,922 / 15,683
Square-121.1841.67
top 30.6%1,983 / 6,743
4×41:01.631:11.53
top 38.2%6,183 / 19,072
2×26.279.71
top 53.6%21,882 / 40,951
5×52:27.362:52.21
top 64.5%5,609 / 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

Berkeley Spring competition 2008: 21.97Berkeley Fall 2008: 18.75San Francisco Open 2009: 17.68EPGY Stanford Winter 2009: 15.98Berkeley Spring competition 2009: 16.19US Nationals 2009: 14.41Stanford Fall competition 2009: 11.47Berkeley Winter 2010: 11.71EPGY Stanford Winter 2010: 12.84Reno Lake Tahoe Winter 2010: 13.18Berkeley Summer 2010: 12.1611.4721.9726 Apr 200811 Jul 2010

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 1.47 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.