People · United States
Preston Baker
Clock · top 83.1% of 32,048 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025BAKE05
Preston Baker has been competing for a year. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 28.97, set at Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2025, puts him in the top 83.1% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,374th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since March 2025, he has put 42 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:10.12 in March 2025 to 47.93, a 32% improvement. Preston has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 28.97 | 37.50 | top 83.1% | 7,374 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 | 47.93 | 54.66 | top 84.5% | 51,751 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 16.96 | 26.14 | top 87.6% | 25,808 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 16.40 | 23.76 | top 92.4% | 38,375 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 3:10.41 | — | top 97.2% | 18,684 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 42.55 | 58.36 | top 99.2% | 18,858 / 18,907 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 27 Sep 2025First sub-60 3×3: 51.78 at Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025First competition: South Dakota Playhouse 2025. A 1:10.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NxNebraska 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- South Dakota Playhouse 2025 · 29 Mar 2025
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.
- Chris Van Der Brink — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chaeli Baker — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Francisco García — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 Clock single — 24,572 people have one; it is 3.97 away.
- A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 7.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.