People · United Kingdom
Ciaran Parker
3×3 · top 5.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023PARK48
Ciaran Parker has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.38, set at Stevenage July 2026, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 428th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2023, he has put 176 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.99 in August 2023 to 9.38, a 15% improvement. Ciaran has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.38 | 10.97 | top 5.8% | 428 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.54 | 4.74 | top 9.3% | 616 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.05 | 10.15 | top 20.4% | 794 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.38 | 25.53 | top 27.1% | 488 / 1,851 | |
| Skewb | 6.54 | 10.52 | top 30.0% | 709 / 2,421 | |
| 5×5 | 2:18.44 | — | early days — 3 solves | 737 / 1,151 | |
| 6×6 | 3:54.95 | 4:12.39 | early days — 3 solves | 371 / 548 | |
| Clock | 42.86 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,196 / 1,232 |
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
- 11 Jul 2026Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage July 2026.
- 23 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Lincolnshire Autumn 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.88 at Stevenage Newcomers Saturday 2024.
- 26 Aug 2023First competition: August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023. A 10.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Stevenage July 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Lincolnshire Autumn 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage Newcomers Saturday 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Felix Hincks — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Matt Stephenson — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Kyoichi Curry (ジェイムス 恭一) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.