People · United States
Michael Sparks
Clock · top 14.0% of 32,817 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022SPAR01
Michael Sparks has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 7.77, set at Cubing in Oak Creek 2024, puts him in the top 14.0% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,099th in the United States. Across 13 competitions since March 2022, he has put 221 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Michael has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 7.77 | 12.07 | top 14.0% | 1,099 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 | 12.44 | 14.01 | top 15.5% | 8,403 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.26 | 10.04 | top 30.0% | 8,457 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.18 | 29.25 | top 32.1% | 4,234 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 4.60 | 5.55 | top 34.3% | 13,868 / 41,674 | |
| Megaminx | 2:27.21 | — | top 60.0% | 4,625 / 8,026 |
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 Mar 2022First competition: NA Stadium Series - Green Bay 2022. A 13.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Midwest Cubing Classic 2025 · 6 Apr 2025
- Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in Oak Creek 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Muske-GO 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Milwaukee Cubing Mania 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Swallow Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Naperville Winter A 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- 2x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022 · 3 Dec 2022
- Mt. Prospect Open 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Milwaukee First 2022 · 6 Aug 2022
- NA Stadium Series - Green Bay 2022 · 5 Mar 2022
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.
- Brian Johnson — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zeke Mackay — met in 48 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carter Kucala — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,366 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.