People · United States
Kurt Sparks
Clock · top 49.8% of 32,817 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024SPAR05
Kurt Sparks has been competing for a year. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 15.47, set at Iowa Championship 2026, puts him in the top 49.8% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,177th in the United States. Across 15 competitions since November 2024, he has put 131 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:23.56 in November 2024 to 37.93, a 55% improvement. Kurt has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 15.47 | 20.17 | top 49.8% | 4,177 / 9,172 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.74 | 29.17 | top 65.6% | 19,686 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 37.93 | 49.26 | top 74.4% | 46,012 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 18.60 | 36.05 | top 94.5% | 39,898 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 3:02.99 | — | early days — 2 solves | 18,867 / 19,354 |
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
- 5 Apr 2025First sub-60 3×3: 55.35 at St. Ansgar 2025.
- 16 Nov 2024First competition: SPAMtown III MN 2024. A 1:23.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Iowa Championship 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2026 · 15 Aug 2026
- SPAMTown IV MN 2026 · 25 Jul 2026
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026 · 22 May 2026
- 7x7 Off I-70 MO 2026 · 2 May 2026
- St. Ansgar 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Iowa Winter Cooldown 2026 · 28 Feb 2026
- North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Race the Clock MN 2025 · 27 Dec 2025
- Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in the Cornfields IA 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- St. Ansgar 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Racing in Rosemount 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
- Cubing at Iowa State 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SPAMtown III MN 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
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.
- Lisa Kucala — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Joe Kucala — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Winston Sparks — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 Clock single — 15,733 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 69,370 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.