People · United States
Parker Baltes
2×2 · top 5.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025BALT03
Parker Baltes has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.07, set at Minnesota Cube Melt 2026, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,124th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2025, he has put 154 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.22 in November 2025 to 10.06, a 42% improvement. Parker has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.07 | 4.60 | top 5.3% | 2,124 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 10.06 | 12.94 | top 7.7% | 4,275 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 4.92 | 6.84 | top 17.6% | 2,808 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.25 | 8.49 | top 21.9% | 5,953 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.41 | 27.85 | top 35.4% | 4,740 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 17.47 | 20.37 | top 57.0% | 4,880 / 9,172 |
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
- 12 Sep 2026Four personal bests in one day at Only Odds in Minnesota 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.02 at Cube Against Cancer Minnesota 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Minnesota 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025First competition: Cubing on the Green MN 2025. A 17.22 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Only Odds in Minnesota 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- SPAMTown IV MN 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Minnesota 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Race the Clock MN 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing on the Green MN 2025 · 15 Nov 2025
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.
- Kaius Young — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Tyler Robinson — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lisa Kucala — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.