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Parker Sherman

2×2 · top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018SHER02

Parker Sherman has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.73, set at Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2026, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,253rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since April 2018, he has put 572 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.56 in September 2018 to 8.76, a 77% improvement. Parker has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.73
signature single · Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2026
572
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.732.63
top 3.2%1,253 / 40,951
3×38.7611.21
top 4.3%2,403 / 59,724
Skewb3.114.17
top 5.5%861 / 18,907
Pyraminx3.656.17
top 6.1%1,560 / 28,708
Square-115.5830.11
top 17.7%1,204 / 6,743
4×444.8857.76
top 18.2%2,766 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed21.2929.59
top 24.0%3,077 / 15,683
Clock11.5115.25
top 32.6%2,559 / 8,927
5×51:42.241:46.59
top 37.1%2,960 / 9,401

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

BarbeCubing Fall 2018: 37.56Independence Cube Day 2018: 34.59Wiscube 2018: 28.99West Branch 2019: 22.16CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019: 20.74CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019: 14.07Minnesota Qualifier 2019: 13.81West Branch Summer 2019: 16.53CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 15.11North Liberty 2019: 12.34Small Cheese 2019: 12.89Cubing At Sea 2020: 11.11CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022: 11.17Iowa Fall 2022: 10.17Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2024: 9.74Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2025: 10.35Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2026: 8.768.7637.5629 Sep 201815 Aug 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.