People · United States
Griffin Parsons
Square-1 · top 8.0% of 25,272 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018PARS02
Griffin Parsons has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 11.00, set at North Liberty 2019, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 577th in the United States. Until October 2009, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2018, he has put 244 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.34 in April 2018 to 11.79, a 49% improvement. Griffin 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 11.00 | 19.96 | top 8.0% | 577 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 3.94 | 5.14 | top 10.5% | 1,609 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 2.72 | 3.88 | top 11.1% | 4,396 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.79 | 13.50 | top 13.2% | 7,060 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.36 | 8.91 | top 15.5% | 4,065 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 8.59 | 11.16 | top 17.9% | 1,373 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 54.00 | 1:03.04 | top 29.5% | 4,622 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.90 | 38.89 | top 48.6% | 6,669 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 2:16.53 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,090 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 2:15.58 | 2:31.56 | top 58.5% | 4,996 / 9,401 |
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
- 16 Jun 2019Five personal bests in one day at Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019.
- 30 Mar 2019Five personal bests in one day at Cubing Peoria 2019.
- 10 Nov 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.53 at Independence Cube Day 2018.
- 10 Nov 2018Four personal bests in one day at Independence Cube Day 2018.
- 10 Aug 2018First sub-20 3×3: 17.38 at Michigan 2018.
- 10 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Michigan 2018.
Competitions
- Cubing Peoria 2020 · 16 Feb 2020
- UIUC Fall 2019 · 1 Dec 2019
- North Liberty 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019 · 16 Jun 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing Peoria 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Albany Winter 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Independence Cube Day 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Michigan 2018 · 10 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- UIUC Spring 2018 · 6 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Dixon Spring 2018 · 21 Apr 2018
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.
- Joshua Feran — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Rachel Feran — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Simon Kellum — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 Square-1 single — 1,533 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.