People · United Kingdom
James Parker
Skewb · top 19.3% of 74,164 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023PARK57
James Parker has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 5.14, set at Crewe Spring 2024, puts him in the top 19.3% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 451st in the United Kingdom. Across 23 competitions since September 2023, he has put 336 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Skewb best has come down from 14.33 in September 2023 to 5.14, a 64% improvement. James has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 5.14 | 9.67 | top 19.3% | 451 / 2,439 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.20 | 9.71 | top 29.5% | 1,192 / 3,704 | |
| Clock | 13.56 | 17.25 | top 42.0% | 569 / 1,255 | |
| 3×3 | 29.80 | 38.56 | top 62.2% | 4,460 / 6,785 | |
| 2×2 | 7.50 | 13.33 | top 64.3% | 3,330 / 4,946 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 24 May 2025First sub-30 3×3: 29.80 at Coventry Spring 2025.
- 20 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's UK Championship 2023.
- 30 Sep 2023First competition: Kent Autumn 2023. A 44.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Crewe October 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026
- Wiltshire Summer 2026 · 4 Jul 2026
- Manchester Favourites II 2026 · 17 Jan 2026
- Weston-super-Mare Winter 2026 · 3 Jan 2026
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025
- Bristol June 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Coventry Spring 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Birmingham Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Manchester February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
- Crewe Favourites 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire November 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Leicestershire Autumn 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- Wiltshire September 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Birmingham Summer 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Weston-super-Mare Spring 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Crewe Spring 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Wiltshire February 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bristol Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire December 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kent Autumn 2023 · 30 Sep 2023
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.
- Rufus Cripps — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead once
- Blue James — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Dorian Chan — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,481 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.