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Wilhelm Herzstell

3×3 · top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016HERZ01

Wilhelm Herzstell has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.39, set at Franconia Open 2018, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 444th in Germany. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2016, he has put 419 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.94 in August 2016 to 10.39, a 48% improvement. Wilhelm has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time
10.39
signature single · Franconia Open 2018
419
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×310.3913.20
top 8.6%444 / 4,109
2×22.814.56
top 12.1%440 / 2,875
Skewb5.1813.01
top 19.5%261 / 1,169
4×448.8554.88
top 23.2%440 / 1,934
5×51:26.691:47.20
top 24.7%258 / 1,158
Pyraminx7.119.65
top 28.7%695 / 1,987
3×3 one-handed25.5145.10
top 35.6%470 / 1,314
7×75:12.215:24.80
top 54.6%228 / 510
6×63:32.783:53.98
top 55.8%283 / 586

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

Tübingen Open 2016: 19.94Munich Open 2016: 13.11Frankfurt Cube Days 2017: 12.31German Nationals 2017: 14.45Munich Open 2017: 13.20Frankfurt Cube Days 2018: 12.63Schwandorf Open 2018: 12.26Franconia Open 2018: 10.39German Nationals 2018: 10.5210.3919.9413 Aug 20167 Sep 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.