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Parker Gradstein

2×2 · top 68.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019GRAD01

Parker Gradstein has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 8.10, set at UIUC Fall 2019, puts him in the top 68.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28,296th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since December 2019, he has put 28 official solves on the record across five events. Parker has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 68.5% of 186,767 all-time
8.10
signature single · UIUC Fall 2019
28
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×28.1012.45
top 68.5%28,296 / 40,951
3×334.3536.74
top 69.6%42,042 / 59,724
Pyraminx15.0818.46
top 82.1%24,250 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed1:33.91
early days — 2 solves14,842 / 15,683
4×42:52.27
early days — 2 solves18,361 / 19,072

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

UIUC Fall 2019: 34.35Cubing Peoria 2020: 37.1534.3537.151 Dec 201916 Feb 2020

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 1 Dec 2019First competition: UIUC Fall 2019. A 34.35 3×3 single to start from.

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-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 4.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.