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Parker Ashton

2×2 · top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023ASHT01

Parker Ashton has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.26, set at Geelong Winter 2025, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 125th in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 41 competitions since February 2023, he has put 1,549 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.30 in February 2023 to 9.19, a 61% improvement. Parker has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.26
signature single · Geelong Winter 2025
1,549
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×21.263.25
top 1.2%125 / 8,567
Pyraminx3.275.67
top 4.6%204 / 5,993
Skewb2.997.23
top 4.9%155 / 3,534
3×39.1910.73
top 5.3%495 / 11,709
3×3 one-handed17.0423.19
top 12.7%289 / 2,659
4×441.9451.93
top 14.4%358 / 3,051
5×51:23.971:38.42
top 22.4%300 / 1,356
Square-124.2940.84
top 37.4%362 / 899
Clock12.8915.66
top 39.2%405 / 1,095
Megaminx1:52.302:04.99
top 41.7%509 / 1,277
6×63:44.61—
early days — 3 solves371 / 641
7×76:56.67—
early days — 2 solves390 / 523
3×3 blindfolded5:32.43—
early days — 1 solve340 / 394

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

Brilliant Ballarat 2023: 23.30Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 23.06Chilling in Canberra 2023: 19.57Apollo Bay Cubing 2023: 17.14Victorian Open 2023: 15.64Geelong Winter 2023: 16.38Melbourne Cubing for Kids Saturday 2023: 14.93Australian Nationals 2023: 16.14The Big Cube Melbourne 2023: 14.00Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 14.84Melbourne Summer 2024: 15.08Don't Inverloch Up 2024: 14.57Altona Algorithms 2024: 18.43Brilliant Ballarat 2024: 12.91Cubing at The Game Expo 2024: 17.56Apollo Bay Cubing 2024: 16.11Australian Nationals 2024: 10.37The Big Cube Melbourne 2024: 13.87Geelong Winter 2024: 14.28Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 12.20Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 11.62Melbourne Summer 2025: 12.99Brilliant Ballarat 2025: 12.87Spark Melbourne February 2025: 10.14Solving in Sale 2025: 11.73Don't Inverloch Up 2025: 12.43VIC State Championship 2025: 11.94Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 12.32Geelong Winter 2025: 9.92North Tasmania Spring 2025: 9.19Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025: 9.75Australian Nationals 2025: 11.38The Big Cube Melbourne 2025: 10.63Northern Territory Championship 2025: 9.89Melbourne Cube Days 2025: 10.15Melbourne Summer 2026: 9.82West Melbourne Open 2026: 10.37Solving in Sale 2026: 9.65Spark Melbourne Autumn Saturday 2026: 10.54Brilliant Ballarat 2026: 11.22Australian Nationals 2026: 9.829.1923.3025 Feb 20239 Jul 2026

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.