People · United States
Charles Capers Owings Jr.
Skewb · top 5.0% of 74,164 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017JRCH01
Charles Capers Owings Jr. has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.00, set at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 791st in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2017, he has put 329 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.88 in March 2017 to 10.96, a 65% improvement. Charles has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.00 | 8.32 | top 5.0% | 791 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 10.96 | 12.15 | top 10.4% | 5,690 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.87 | 4.69 | top 12.9% | 5,115 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 43.36 | 46.39 | top 16.3% | 2,503 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.04 | 31.12 | top 18.0% | 2,348 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.83 | 9.87 | top 26.5% | 7,357 / 29,168 | |
| Square-1 | 21.07 | 25.22 | top 30.5% | 2,000 / 6,846 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.53 | 1:59.60 | top 33.5% | 2,695 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 2:07.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,777 / 8,026 | |
| Clock | 24.63 | 36.89 | top 76.1% | 6,836 / 9,172 |
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 2024Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024.
- 22 Jun 2019Five personal bests in one day at Cape Fear Cubing 2019.
- 25 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Peach State 2019.
- 4 Nov 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.67 at Raleigh Rubik's Rally 2017.
- 30 Sep 2017First sub-20 3×3: 16.40 at South Carolina 2017.
- 30 Sep 2017Seven personal bests in one day at South Carolina 2017.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019
- Greensboro Summer 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Cape Fear Cubing 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Peach State 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Charleston Spring 2018 · 31 Mar 2018
- Raleigh Rubik's Rally 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- South Carolina 2017 · 30 Sep 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- Southern Championships 2017 · 15 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Classic City Shenanigans 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Jacob Ambrose — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Katie Hull — met in 68 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carson Claud — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.