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Parker Gaitley

3×3 · top 20.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2004 · 2004GAIT01

Parker Gaitley has been competing for 22 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.76, set at Caltech Fall competition 2005, puts him in the top 20.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,824th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since October 2004, he has put 55 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.92 in October 2004 to 13.76, a 49% improvement. Parker has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 20.1% of 284,439 all-time
13.76
signature single · Caltech Fall competition 2005
55
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.7619.49
top 20.1%10,824 / 59,724
4×41:48.221:59.72
top 75.7%13,828 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed52.011:01.45
top 78.5%11,544 / 15,683
2×213.9930.12
top 88.8%36,928 / 40,951

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

Caltech Fall competition 2004: 26.92Caltech Spring competition 2005: 18.13Caltech Fall competition 2005: 13.7613.7626.9216 Oct 200422 Oct 2005

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.

  • Leyan Lo — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Sunil Pedapudi — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
  • Frank Chang — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 8 times

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.76 away.
  • A sub-1:30 4×4 single — 53,325 people have one; it is 18.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.