People · Slovakia
Karol Ľupták
Clock · top 2.2% of 32,048 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023UPTA01
Karol Ľupták has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 3.95, set at Slovak Championship 2025, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Slovakia. Until June 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since July 2023, he has put 777 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.03 in July 2023 to 10.04, a 33% improvement. Karol has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Slovakia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 3.95 | 4.87 | top 2.2% | 4 / 97 | |
| 3×3 | 10.04 | 13.16 | top 7.6% | 50 / 447 | |
| 2×2 | 2.45 | 3.68 | top 8.4% | 55 / 375 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.25 | 7.32 | top 8.9% | 38 / 254 | |
| Skewb | 4.73 | 6.94 | top 16.2% | 46 / 182 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.03 | 30.92 | top 26.1% | 42 / 145 | |
| Megaminx | 1:37.48 | 1:49.04 | top 33.0% | 38 / 93 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.08 | 1:20.16 | top 38.7% | 80 / 214 | |
| Square-1 | 31.60 | 1:12.00 | top 52.5% | 52 / 87 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 50 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 38 / 48 | |
| 7×7 | 8:10.72 | — | early days — 1 solve | 34 / 37 |
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 Apr 2024Six personal bests in one day at Nové Mesto Open 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Bratislava Spring Is Coming 2024.
- 15 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 10.86 at Slovak Nationals 2023.
- 14 Jul 2023First competition: Czech Open 2023. A 15.03 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Slovak Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Dolné Orešany Open 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- Nové Mesto Open 2026 · 16 May 2026
- Ružomberok Open 2026 · 21 Mar 2026
- Třinec Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- Ladce Open 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Slovak Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Side n' Blind Nové Mesto 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Lužice Winter 2024 · 21 Dec 2024
- North Slovakian Open 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Slovak Nationals 2024 · 2 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Czech Open 2024 · 19 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Frenštátský Cube Together 2024 · 13 Jul 2024
- Dolné Orešany Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Nové Mesto Open 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Bratislava Spring Is Coming 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Bratislava Autumn 2023 · 2 Dec 2023
- Slovak Nationals 2023 · 15 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Czech Open 2023 · 14 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best 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.
- Jakub Jakoubek — met in 176 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Jakub Jurika — met in 173 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Alexander Pastirčák — met in 157 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Clock single — 239 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.