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Carsten Burks
2×2 · top 12.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025BURK05
Carsten Burks has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.83, set at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026, puts him in the top 12.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,945th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since October 2025, he has put 59 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.82 in October 2025 to 14.48, a 30% improvement. Carsten 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.83 | 4.88 | top 12.4% | 4,945 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 5.29 | 10.82 | top 20.5% | 3,303 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 14.48 | 16.22 | top 22.7% | 12,489 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.70 | 43.79 | top 63.5% | 9,087 / 15,900 |
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
- 2 Jul 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.48 at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026.
- 2 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026.
- 6 Dec 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.41 at Coosa Cubing Clash 2025.
- 6 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Coosa Cubing Clash 2025.
- 25 Oct 2025First competition: Spookin' on the Plains at Auburn 2025. A 20.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Coosa Cubing Clash 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Spookin' on the Plains at Auburn 2025 · 25 Oct 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.
- Clay Moore — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
- Katie Hull — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniel Mullen — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,481 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.