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Chris Parlette

3×3 · top 32.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2005 · 2005PARL01

Chris Parlette has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.41, set at Slow N Steady Summer 2019, puts him in the top 32.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,888th in the United States. Across 18 competitions since May 2005, he has put 205 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.55 in May 2005 to 17.41, a 32% improvement. Chris has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 32.3% of 284,439 all-time
17.41
signature single · Slow N Steady Summer 2019
205
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.4120.38
top 32.3%17,888 / 59,724
4×41:10.771:19.08
top 47.6%7,944 / 19,072
5×52:29.324:29.74
top 65.4%5,702 / 9,401
2×28.679.26
top 71.8%29,634 / 40,951
7×77:31.75
early days — 2 solves2,692 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded6:00.65
top 86.6%1,795 / 2,092
3×3 one-handed1:05.39
early days — 2 solves13,161 / 15,683
6×65:39.06
early days — 1 solve3,627 / 4,196

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

Horace Mann Spring competition 2005: 25.55Rubik's World Championship 2005: 23.81Rutgers Spring competition 2006: 22.06Rutgers Spring competition 2007: 18.29US Open 2007: 21.27Princeton Open 2008: 21.85Washington DC Open 2008: 21.96Drexel Fall 2008: 21.83River Hill Winter 2012: 22.55River Hill Winter 2013: 21.00Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2013: 21.81Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2013: 23.09Slow 'n Steady Fall 2013: 21.55River Hill Winter 2014: 20.90CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 21.04River Hill Spring 2019: 22.08Slow N Steady Summer 2019: 17.41Potomac Speedcubing 2020: 21.1717.4125.5528 May 200511 Jan 2020

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.41 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 10.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.