People · New Zealand
Esther Humphrey
2×2 · top 12.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022HUMP02
Esther Humphrey has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.86, set at NZ North Island Championship 2022, puts her in the top 12.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 252nd in New Zealand. Across 6 competitions since June 2022, she has put 157 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside her 3 DNFs. Her 2×2 best has come down from 7.75 in June 2022 to 2.86, a 63% improvement. Esther has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.86 | 5.16 | top 12.7% | 252 / 1,627 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.32 | 7.97 | top 22.4% | 313 / 1,149 | |
| 3×3 | 15.43 | 17.82 | top 26.0% | 537 / 2,145 | |
| Skewb | 6.47 | 9.20 | top 29.6% | 223 / 670 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.63 | 1:36.66 | top 61.9% | 445 / 745 |
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
Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Sep 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.92 at NZ North Island Championship 2022.
- 2 Sep 2022Four personal bests in one day at NZ North Island Championship 2022.
- 11 Jun 2022First competition: Puzzling Porirua 2022. A 29.07 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Johnsonville FTOpen 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Solve Well In Wellington 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Welcome to Wellington 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Wellington Summer 2023 · 18 Feb 2023
- NZ North Island Championship 2022 · 2 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Puzzling Porirua 2022 · 11 Jun 2022
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 her.
- Jack Maddigan — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jack McDougall — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as she improves.