People · United States
Jordan Herman
2×2 · top 1.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016HERM07
Jordan Herman has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.38, set at Los Angeles Newcomers 2024, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 657th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since July 2016, he has put 734 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.03 in April 2018 to 7.61, a 60% improvement. Jordan has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.38 | 2.87 | top 1.6% | 657 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 7.61 | 9.73 | top 2.1% | 1,276 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.56 | 4.11 | top 2.3% | 625 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 30.58 | 38.62 | top 3.2% | 514 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.44 | 16.50 | top 3.6% | 540 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 2.79 | 5.40 | top 4.0% | 624 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 54.75 | 1:02.53 | top 7.3% | 508 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:08.28 | 1:16.14 | top 10.4% | 815 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 16.16 | 19.94 | top 19.0% | 1,285 / 6,743 | |
| 6×6 | 2:32.57 | 2:43.96 | top 26.9% | 945 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 4:09.09 | 4:51.01 | top 34.0% | 953 / 3,184 | |
| Clock | 15.21 | 15.46 | top 48.8% | 3,973 / 8,927 |
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
- 30 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Los Angeles Newcomers 2024.
- 16 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Don't Turn SLOw Spring 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024Five personal bests in one day at USC Cubing 2024.
- 5 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Mudd Fall 2019.
- 28 Sep 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.83 at Santa Barbara Fall 2019.
- 28 Sep 2019Five personal bests in one day at Santa Barbara Fall 2019.
Competitions
- UCSB Cubing 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- La La Land 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Santa Barbara Cubing 2024 · 6 Apr 2024
- Los Angeles Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Don't Turn SLOw Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- USC Cubing 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Anaheim Feet 2019 · 7 Dec 2019
- Mudd Fall 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Santa Barbara Fall 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Anaheim Qualifier 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Thousand Oaks Cubing Open 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Santa Barbara Winter 2019 · 23 Feb 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Another Bruin Cube Day 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Poly Cubed 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Anaheim Fall 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Tour - Fresno 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Nipomo Spring 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- SoCal Supercomp 2016 · 9 Jul 2016
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.
- Jack Flynn Stewart — met in 118 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Elijah Brown — met in 106 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Michael Young — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.