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Parker Reed

3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023REED04

Parker Reed has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.18, set at Lopes Up AZ 2026, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,771st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since March 2023, he has put 425 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.98 in March 2023 to 8.18, a 71% improvement. Parker has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.18
signature single · Lopes Up AZ 2026
425
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.1811.58
top 3.1%1,771 / 59,724
Skewb2.614.81
top 3.3%505 / 18,907
2×21.924.44
top 4.2%1,685 / 40,951
Clock6.327.68
top 8.4%653 / 8,927
Pyraminx4.447.27
top 9.9%2,572 / 28,708
4×444.5851.55
top 17.8%2,695 / 19,072
Square-122.0231.27
top 32.5%2,103 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed25.7528.13
top 36.2%4,780 / 15,683
5×51:41.361:46.14
top 36.4%2,895 / 9,401
Megaminx2:09.962:20.51
top 51.2%3,829 / 7,841
6×63:48.62
early days — 1 solve2,385 / 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

Arizona Speedcubing Spring 2023: 27.98Cubing in Glendale 2023: 15.79Arizona Speedcubing Summer 2023: 14.74Bring the Heat AZ 2023: 15.10Vegas Cubing Fall 2023: 11.13Phoenix Cubing Open 2023: 11.36Prescott Cubing Winter 2024: 11.71Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2024: 11.13Arizona Championship 2024: 10.03Bring the Heat AZ 2024: 11.63Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024: 11.02Cubes Canes & Joy Vegas 2024: 11.12Lopes Up AZ 2025: 10.74Bring the Heat AZ 2025: 8.19Lopes Up AZ 2026: 8.188.1827.9819 Mar 20238 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.

  • Ivan Vanek — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
  • Dan Tran — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
  • Jeremy Bulambot — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 7 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.