People · United States
Kurt Swendsen
3×3 · top 80.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023SWEN04
Kurt Swendsen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 43.62, set at Michigan Mega Madness 2024, puts him in the top 80.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 49,480th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since September 2023, he has put 32 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 6:23.45 in September 2023 to 43.62, an 89% improvement. Kurt has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 43.62 | 50.97 | top 80.7% | 49,480 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 15.65 | 23.22 | top 91.4% | 38,001 / 40,951 |
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 Mar 2024First sub-60 3×3: 56.43 at Washtenaw Newcomers 2024.
- 23 Sep 2023First competition: Washtenaw Fast 'n Late Fall 2023. A 6:23.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Washtenaw Slow Fall 2025 · 20 Sep 2025
- Michigan Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Mega Madness 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Washtenaw Newcomers 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Washtenaw Winter 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Washtenaw Fast 'n Late Fall 2023 · 23 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.
- Yuxuan Chen — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Miles Reavis — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nicholas Swendsen — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 3.62 away.
- A sub-15 2×2 single — 169,048 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.