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Charles Downie

Skewb · top 11.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021DOWN02

Charles Downie has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.01, set at TAS State Championship 2021, puts him in the top 11.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 283rd in Australia. Across 4 competitions since January 2021, he has put 127 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Charles has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 11.0% of 73,281 all-time
4.01
signature single · TAS State Championship 2021
127
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Skewb4.016.85
top 11.0%283 / 3,534
2×23.165.16
top 16.1%1,229 / 8,567
3×312.9218.30
top 17.1%1,527 / 11,709
Pyraminx8.099.79
top 36.9%1,975 / 5,993
4×41:31.23
early days — 3 solves1,844 / 3,051
Clock22.99
top 72.5%789 / 1,095
3×3 one-handed46.22
early days — 1 solve1,762 / 2,659

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

Melbourne Summer 2021: 3.44Barwon Cube for the Kids 2021: 3.18Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021: 4.49TAS State Championship 2021: 3.163.164.4923 Jan 202122 May 2021

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.