People · United States
Winston Sparks
Clock · top 7.5% of 32,817 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024SPAR01
Winston Sparks has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 6.10, set at 7x7 Off I-70 MO 2026, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 599th in the United States. Until July 2011, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since January 2024, he has put 361 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.87 in January 2024 to 14.82, a 47% improvement. Winston has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 6.10 | 7.00 | top 7.5% | 599 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 | 14.82 | 16.59 | top 23.9% | 13,171 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.86 | 6.89 | top 24.8% | 9,843 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.00 | 14.53 | top 36.2% | 10,384 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:23.04 | 1:35.84 | top 58.5% | 10,253 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 11.98 | 17.94 | top 66.0% | 12,481 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 57.32 | — | early days — 2 solves | 12,456 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 3:28.30 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,775 / 8,026 | |
| Square-1 | 1:09.35 | — | early days — 3 solves | 6,066 / 6,846 |
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
- 28 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in the Cornfields IA 2025.
- 24 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.82 at Algs in Ankeny 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at St. Ansgar 2025.
- 9 Mar 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.56 at Algs in Ankeny 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024First competition: Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2024. A 27.87 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 — 1 personal best set
- 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 — 2 personal bests set
- Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in the Cornfields IA 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Algs in Ankeny 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- St. Ansgar 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Racing in Rosemount 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at Iowa State 2025 · 1 Mar 2025
- SPAMtown III MN 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- Algs in Ankeny 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2024 · 27 Jan 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 59 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Kaius Young — met in 58 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nathan Rahn — met in 58 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,366 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.