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John Hernandez

2×2 · top 5.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2013 · 2013HERN02

John Hernandez has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.09, set at Austin Cubing Limits 2015, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,134th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since January 2013, he has put 175 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.33 in January 2013 to 2.09, a 67% improvement. John has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.09
signature single · Austin Cubing Limits 2015
175
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.095.08
top 5.4%2,134 / 40,951
3×314.9017.18
top 24.1%13,088 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed26.7732.43
top 38.8%5,152 / 15,683
Pyraminx12.9321.98
top 72.5%21,493 / 28,708
Skewb16.4526.54
top 82.6%15,860 / 18,907
4×42:36.80
top 93.1%17,836 / 19,072
Megaminx4:39.27
early days — 1 solve7,588 / 7,841

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

Houston Winter 2013: 6.33World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 4.36Houston Winter Open 2014: 4.47Carroll Spring Open 2014: 5.05Remember The Alamo 2014: 4.41Keep Austin Weird 2014: 2.46Austin Cubing Limits 2015: 2.09Westlake Open 2016: 4.832.096.335 Jan 201323 Jul 2016

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.