People · United States
Wilken Roy Kube
Pyraminx · top 9.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019KUBE04
Wilken Roy Kube has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.40, set at Dubuque Winter 2023, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,514th in the United States. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2019, he has put 404 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.30 in April 2019 to 13.98, a 68% improvement. Wilken has entered 14 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.40 | 8.57 | top 9.7% | 2,514 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 4.79 | 6.31 | top 16.6% | 2,622 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 13.98 | 17.19 | top 20.9% | 11,261 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.60 | 5.89 | top 21.4% | 8,387 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.64 | 30.14 | top 35.9% | 4,740 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 23.88 | 53.40 | top 36.6% | 2,380 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.33 | 1:10.35 | top 36.8% | 5,937 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:48.45 | 2:00.71 | top 39.5% | 2,846 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 2:25.53 | 2:37.88 | top 63.7% | 5,528 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 28.51 | 31.44 | top 82.5% | 7,318 / 8,927 |
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
- 9 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Algs in Ankeny 2024.
- 5 Feb 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.98 at Dubuque Winter 2023.
- 5 Feb 2023Four personal bests in one day at Dubuque Winter 2023.
- 22 Oct 2022Six personal bests in one day at Rochester Fall 2022.
- 29 Apr 2022First sub-20 3×3: 18.98 at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022.
- 29 Apr 2022Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022.
Competitions
- Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- St. Ansgar 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Iowa Winter Cooldown 2026 · 28 Feb 2026
- Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at Iowa State 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Algs in Ankeny 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Dubuque Winter 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Iowa Fall 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Rochester Fall 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022 · 29 Apr 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- North Liberty 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubeIowa 2019 · 13 Apr 2019
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.
- Chris Van Der Brink — met in 55 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brandon Mikel — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Ezra Lauritzson — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.