People · United States
Carmen Parker
3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017PARK21
Carmen Parker has been competing for 9 years. Their best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.37, set at Lower Moreland Fall 2018, puts them in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,969th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2017, they have put 130 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, their 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Their 3×3 best has come down from 11.69 in October 2017 to 8.37, a 28% improvement. Carmen has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 8.37 | 9.84 | top 3.5% | 1,969 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 29 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 280 / 2,040 | |
| 2×2 | 2.93 | 4.63 | top 13.4% | 5,283 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.41 | 20.48 | top 13.6% | 1,766 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 41.82 | 44.90 | top 14.3% | 2,133 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.08 | 1:43.35 | top 33.9% | 2,694 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 24.34 | 34.88 | top 37.6% | 2,445 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.17 | 11.22 | top 46.3% | 13,320 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 10.90 | 12.74 | top 60.3% | 11,077 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:31.62 | — | early days — 3 solves | 4,681 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Aug 2018Five personal bests in one day at Pennsylvania 2018.
- 10 Feb 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.58 at Incredible Pencil Mania 2018.
- 10 Feb 2018Four personal bests in one day at Incredible Pencil Mania 2018.
- 22 Oct 2017First competition: UPenn Cube Day Fall 2017. A 11.69 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Lower Moreland Fall 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Pennsylvania 2018 · 17 Aug 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Incredible Pencil Mania 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- UPenn Cube Day Fall 2017 · 22 Oct 2017
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 their.
- Will Callan — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- AJ Kamal — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Cory Yurkovic — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as they improves.