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Charles Barden

3×3 · top 6.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019BARD03

Charles Barden has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.46, set at NJIT Spring 2023, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,323rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since June 2019, he has put 228 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.72 in June 2019 to 9.46, a 43% improvement. Charles has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.0% of 284,439 all-time
9.46
signature single · NJIT Spring 2023
228
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.4611.62
top 6.0%3,323 / 59,724
2×22.754.82
top 11.5%4,506 / 40,951
Pyraminx4.856.90
top 12.3%3,194 / 28,708
Megaminx1:15.211:24.05
top 18.8%1,275 / 7,841
5×51:20.501:29.79
top 19.5%1,526 / 9,401
4×447.3349.97
top 21.2%3,228 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed24.2425.19
top 32.2%4,195 / 15,683
Skewb8.3612.15
top 44.0%7,732 / 18,907
6×63:15.453:20.88
top 48.3%1,804 / 4,196
Clock18.25
top 59.5%5,004 / 8,927
7×75:36.81
early days — 3 solves1,845 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves53.00
top 65.6%1,364 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded4:11.79
early days — 1 solve1,475 / 2,092

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

Colonie Spring 2019: 16.72Hudson Valley Summer 2019: 18.93Providence Fall 2019: 14.92Constitution State Winter 2020: 10.90Mum's the Word 2023: 12.87NJIT Spring 2023: 9.469.4618.938 Jun 201918 Mar 2023

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Evan Liu — met in 47 rounds, never finished ahead
  • James Quinn — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Derek White — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.