People · United States
Mike Herb
Pyraminx · top 8.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018HERB02
Mike Herb has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.22, set at Kent Summer 2024, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,260th in the United States. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since January 2018, he has put 401 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.31 in January 2018 to 14.55, a 40% improvement. Mike has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.22 | 6.91 | top 8.8% | 2,260 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 14.55 | 17.56 | top 22.9% | 12,392 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.22 | 5.82 | top 29.3% | 11,633 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 6.76 | 10.59 | top 31.8% | 5,273 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:48.67 | 2:03.97 | top 39.6% | 2,856 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.29 | 1:11.18 | top 39.9% | 6,491 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:03.97 | 2:17.07 | top 51.7% | 4,354 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 4:11.77 | 4:38.85 | top 69.3% | 2,717 / 4,196 | |
| Clock | 21.90 | 26.50 | top 69.9% | 6,028 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:59.96 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,640 / 2,092 | |
| Square-1 | 1:07.09 | — | top 87.7% | 5,904 / 6,743 | |
| 7×7 | 7:57.77 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,835 / 3,184 |
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
- 13 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.55 at Lakewood Spring 2023.
- 13 May 2023Five personal bests in one day at Lakewood Spring 2023.
- 22 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Central Washington Winter 2020.
- 21 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Puget Sound Fall 2019.
- 1 Jun 2019Five personal bests in one day at Yakima Valley Cubing Spring 2019.
- 20 Jul 2018First sub-20 3×3: 18.33 at SnoCo Summer 2018.
Competitions
- Seattle Summer 2026 · 11 Jul 2026
- Kent Fall 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- Kent Summer 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Lakewood Spring 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Washington Championship 2023 · 14 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Central Washington Winter 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Washington Championship 2020 · 24 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Puget Sound Fall 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Yakima Valley Cubing Spring 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Puget Sound NxNxN 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Yakima Valley Cubing Fall 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- SnoCo Summer 2018 · 20 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Puget Sound Spring 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Skyline Open 2018 · 27 Jan 2018
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.
- Max Siauw — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Sameer Aggarwal — met in 76 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ash Black — met in 76 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.