People · United States
Parker Clarke
2×2 · top 16.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023CLAR29
Parker Clarke has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.16, set at Solving in Savannah 2025, puts him in the top 16.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,312th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since September 2023, he has put 107 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.41 in September 2023 to 16.55, a 29% 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 | 3.16 | 8.19 | top 16.1% | 6,312 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.92 | 15.99 | top 19.4% | 5,168 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 16.55 | 21.06 | top 29.6% | 16,241 / 59,724 | |
| 5×5 | 1:57.73 | 2:06.48 | top 47.9% | 3,994 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 1:34.80 | — | top 67.1% | 11,879 / 19,072 | |
| 7×7 | 7:22.45 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,650 / 3,184 | |
| 6×6 | 5:20.76 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,464 / 4,196 |
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
- 28 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024.
- 4 Nov 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.31 at North Carolina Championship 2023.
- 16 Sep 2023First competition: Staunton Speedsolving 2023. A 23.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Charlotte Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Solving in Savannah 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Upstate Palmetto Puzzles 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- North Carolina Championship 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Staunton Speedsolving 2023 · 16 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.
- Nathan Smith — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Katie Hull — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eddie Szuster — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.