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Parker Powell

3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015POWE03

Parker Powell has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.89, set at Wolfpack Winter 2023, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,505th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since July 2015, he has put 394 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.59 in July 2015 to 7.89, a 49% improvement. Parker has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time
7.89
signature single · Wolfpack Winter 2023
394
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.8911.16
top 2.6%1,505 / 59,724
4×433.5037.59
top 5.4%823 / 19,072
5×51:04.601:09.92
top 8.1%636 / 9,401
6×61:52.732:00.38
top 8.2%282 / 4,196
7×72:58.993:13.39
top 10.4%282 / 3,184
2×22.925.51
top 13.3%5,240 / 40,951
3×3 blindfolded1:16.582:07.42
top 18.3%352 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 9 cubes · 52:32—
top 28.0%207 / 731
3×3 one-handed24.7430.95
top 33.5%4,406 / 15,683
Megaminx1:50.341:55.38
top 40.6%2,939 / 7,841
Skewb8.9821.98
top 48.3%8,584 / 18,907
Pyraminx10.4012.86
top 56.1%16,407 / 28,708
4×4 blindfolded14:31.00—
early days — 1 solve316 / 440
Clock33.79—
early days — 2 solves7,903 / 8,927

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

US Nationals 2015: 15.59Peach State Winter 2016: 11.24Alpharetta Open 2016: 8.15Discovery Place 2016: 11.22Hendersonville Fall 2017: 11.58Rocky Top 2018: 10.63Scuppernong Spectacular 2019: 9.03Florida 2020: 9.66Wolfpack Winter 2023: 7.89CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 8.50CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024: 8.80NxN Nonsense NC 2026: 10.347.8915.5931 Jul 201522 Feb 2026

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.89 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.