People · United States
Tyson Parmelee
Pyraminx · top 5.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023PARM08
Tyson Parmelee has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.55, set at Nimble Hands in Noblesville 2024, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,469th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2023, he has put 209 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.83 in September 2023 to 21.08, a 27% improvement. Tyson has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.55 | 5.65 | top 5.7% | 1,469 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 5.05 | 6.91 | top 18.5% | 2,948 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 4.16 | 6.05 | top 28.5% | 11,306 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 12.71 | 15.64 | top 38.3% | 3,035 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 | 21.08 | 24.31 | top 42.9% | 24,580 / 59,724 | |
| Megaminx | 2:55.52 | 3:28.41 | top 72.5% | 5,630 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:04.86 | 1:21.68 | top 86.6% | 13,108 / 15,683 |
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
- 23 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Washtenaw Fast 'n Late Fall 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023First competition: Get to Work Chicagoland 2023. A 28.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cardinal Country KY Cubing 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- South Bend Scramble 2025 · 5 Apr 2025
- Chicagoland Newcomers 2025 · 9 Mar 2025
- Little Giant Open 2024 · 9 Mar 2024
- Nimble Hands in Noblesville 2024 · 21 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- The Core of Hobart 2023 · 3 Dec 2023
- Washtenaw Fast 'n Late Fall 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Get to Work Chicagoland 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
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.
- Luke Garrett — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Todd Wilson — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Lucas Stambaugh — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.