People · South Africa
Herman Fourie
4×4 · top 4.6% of 83,917 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022FOUR01
Herman Fourie has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 32.55, set at Cape Town Summer 2022, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in South Africa. Until November 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since March 2022, he has put 50 official solves on the record across eight events. Herman has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 32.55 | 41.32 | top 4.6% | 14 / 491 | |
| 3×3 | 9.08 | 9.79 | top 5.1% | 46 / 2,164 | |
| 6×6 | 1:52.14 | 2:00.37 | early days — 3 solves | 5 / 84 | |
| 7×7 | 2:58.38 | 3:02.60 | early days — 3 solves | 6 / 69 | |
| 5×5 | 1:08.83 | 1:12.88 | top 10.8% | 14 / 221 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.01 | 17.71 | top 13.2% | 106 / 946 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.00 | 22.50 | top 17.8% | 51 / 467 | |
| 2×2 | 3.77 | 4.74 | top 23.6% | 250 / 1,510 |
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 story so far
- 6 Mar 2022First competition: Cape Town Summer 2022. A 9.20 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Just Cube Joburg 2022 · 12 Nov 2022
- Cape Town Summer 2022 · 6 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Daniel Rush — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jonathan Munro — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Maverick Pearson — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.55 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.