People · United States
Herbert Gu
3×3 · top 33.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2025 · 2025GUHE01
Herbert Gu has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.72, set at Berkeley Favorites 2026, puts him in the top 33.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,456th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since December 2025, he has put 39 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.85 in December 2025 to 17.72, a 29% improvement. Herbert has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.72 | 22.97 | top 33.2% | 18,456 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 6.08 | 9.26 | top 51.7% | 21,090 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.04 | 24.19 | top 60.8% | 17,874 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 3:04.39 | — | early days — 1 solve | 18,610 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Mar 2026First sub-20 3×3: 17.72 at Berkeley Favorites 2026.
- 13 Dec 2025First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025. A 24.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Berkeley Spring 2026 · 26 Apr 2026
- Berkeley Favorites 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025 · 13 Dec 2025
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.
- Leo Remi Fyffe — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
- Stanley Tran — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nathan Leung — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.72 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.