People · United States
Alex Parra
3×3 · top 8.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014PARR01
Alex Parra has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.33, set at Longhorn Spring 2018, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,644th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since July 2014, he has put 278 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.05 in July 2014 to 10.33, a 62% improvement. Alex has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.33 | 11.20 | top 8.4% | 4,644 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.87 | 3.93 | top 12.8% | 5,017 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.28 | 23.16 | top 24.0% | 3,073 / 15,683 |
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
- 10 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at Longhorn Spring 2018.
- 7 Feb 2015Four personal bests in one day at SMA Winter 2015.
- 3 Jan 2015Three personal bests in one day at Austin Cubing Limits 2015.
- 11 Oct 2014First sub-20 3×3: 15.04 at San Antonio Open 2014.
- 11 Oct 2014First sub-15 3×3: 13.68 at San Antonio Open 2014.
- 19 Jul 2014First competition: Keep Austin Weird 2014. A 27.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Longhorn Spring 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Yeehaw 2017 · 7 Oct 2017
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015
- Texas Two-Day Showdown 2015 · 13 Jun 2015
- Remember The Alamo 2015 · 25 Apr 2015
- SMA Winter 2015 · 7 Feb 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Austin Cubing Limits 2015 · 3 Jan 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Rice University 2014 · 18 Oct 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- San Antonio Open 2014 · 11 Oct 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Keep Austin Weird 2014 · 19 Jul 2014
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.
- Shonathon Collins — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Anthony Brooks — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Przybocki — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.