People · Latvia
Kalvis Spruga
2×2 · top 3.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016SPRU03
Kalvis Spruga has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.83, set at Šiauliai Autumn Open 2017, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16th in Latvia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since October 2016, he has put 369 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 5.23 in October 2016 to 3.28, a 37% improvement. Kalvis has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Latvia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.83 | 4.43 | top 3.7% | 16 / 237 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.28 | 4.38 | top 4.6% | 17 / 185 | |
| Skewb | 3.85 | 8.28 | top 9.9% | 17 / 117 | |
| Square-1 | 24.26 | 26.73 | top 37.3% | 22 / 48 | |
| 3×3 | 19.69 | 20.63 | top 39.1% | 105 / 309 | |
| Clock | 15.81 | 20.62 | top 51.1% | 35 / 60 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.69 | 45.00 | top 58.5% | 55 / 113 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | 51.67 | top 59.0% | 28 / 42 | |
| 4×4 | 1:28.24 | 1:50.32 | top 62.3% | 65 / 112 | |
| 5×5 | 2:47.39 | 3:07.77 | top 73.6% | 49 / 74 | |
| Megaminx | 3:05.64 | 3:29.31 | top 76.3% | 44 / 73 | |
| 6×6 | 5:54.29 | — | early days — 2 solves | 32 / 39 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at Riga Special 2018.
- 9 Dec 2017First sub-20 3×3: 19.69 at Tartu Open 2017.
- 9 Dec 2017Four personal bests in one day at Tartu Open 2017.
- 4 Nov 2017Four personal bests in one day at Latvian Open 2017.
- 30 Sep 2017Five personal bests in one day at Šiauliai Autumn Open 2017.
- 11 Feb 2017Five personal bests in one day at Sigulda Open 2017.
Competitions
- Latvian Open 2018 · 23 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Sigulda Open 2018 · 1 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Riga Open 2018 · 28 Apr 2018
- Pärnu Open 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Riga Special 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Tartu Open 2017 · 9 Dec 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Latvian Open 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Šiauliai Autumn Open 2017 · 30 Sep 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Sigulda Open 2017 · 11 Feb 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Latvian Open 2016 · 22 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Jēkabs Janovs — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Jānis Zirnis — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Imants Liepiņš — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.