People · United States
Parker Baltes
2×2 · top 5.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025BALT03
Parker Baltes has been competing for 10 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 5.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,080th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2025, he has put 119 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 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 10.82, a 37% improvement. Parker 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 States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.07 | 4.60 | top 5.2% | 2,080 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.82 | 14.20 | top 9.9% | 5,397 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 6.29 | 6.84 | top 28.0% | 4,577 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.41 | 27.85 | top 35.3% | 4,661 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 17.47 | 20.37 | top 57.0% | 4,746 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.11 | 12.00 | top 61.3% | 18,026 / 28,708 |
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 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
- 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 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- Elise Edstrom — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Lisa Kucala — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.