People · United States
Spencer Parkes
3×3 · top 7.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025PARK51
Spencer Parkes has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.06, set at Mountain House Open 2026, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,193rd in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2025, he has put 106 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.66 in August 2025 to 10.06, a 46% improvement. Spencer has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.06 | 11.43 | top 7.6% | 4,193 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.00 | 5.79 | top 26.5% | 10,457 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.13 | 8.21 | top 28.9% | 7,997 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 6.52 | 10.43 | top 29.9% | 4,904 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.91 | 31.40 | top 31.2% | 4,045 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 12.30 | 14.39 | top 36.4% | 2,883 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.32 at San Ramon Fall 2025.
- 2 Aug 2025First competition: Davis Summer 2025. A 18.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mountain House Open 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Belmont Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Yuba City Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Dublin California Open 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- San Ramon Fall 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Summer 2025 · 2 Aug 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.
- Bowen Deng (邓博文) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Eli Valera — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sebastian Stone — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.