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Shayden Parent

3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016PARE02

Shayden Parent has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.19, set at Maine Winter 2024, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,778th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since April 2016, he has put 587 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.35 in April 2016 to 8.19, a 69% improvement. Shayden has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.19
signature single · Maine Winter 2024
587
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.1910.88
top 3.1%1,778 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.896.56
top 7.1%1,821 / 28,708
2×22.313.33
top 7.1%2,838 / 40,951
4×444.3350.51
top 17.4%2,648 / 19,072
Skewb5.298.31
top 20.4%3,257 / 18,907
5×51:48.741:58.36
top 41.7%3,384 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed28.7338.87
top 43.7%5,902 / 15,683
Megaminx2:06.922:37.39
top 49.5%3,685 / 7,841
Clock21.33—
early days — 3 solves5,899 / 8,927
6×64:30.67—
early days — 1 solve2,968 / 4,196
3×3 blindfolded4:51.34—
early days — 3 solves1,612 / 2,092
Square-11:19.21—
early days — 2 solves6,277 / 6,743

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

New Hampshire Open 2016: 26.35South Berwick Open 2016: 20.80Midcoast Cubing 2017: 17.76BA Cube Fest 2018: 20.43Midcoast Cubing 2018: 16.65Garden City Winter 2023: 12.75Maine Spring 2023: 12.27Panthers Cube Day 2023: 12.07Maine Winter 2024: 8.19River Hawk Cubikon 2024: 10.23Upper Valley Cube Day 2024: 9.29Salem Cubikon 2024: 10.26New Hampshire Summer 2024: 9.68CubingUSA New England Championship 2025: 9.83Ogunquit Winter 2025: 10.488.1926.359 Apr 201620 Dec 2025

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.

  • Joey Mait — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
  • Derek White — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Aidan McKenzie — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 4 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.