People · Canada
Charles Gao
3×3 · top 32.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019GAOC01
Charles Gao has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.58, set at Pickering Favourites Autumn 2024, puts him in the top 32.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,198th in Canada. Across 3 competitions since February 2019, he has put 35 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.50 in February 2019 to 17.58, a 22% improvement. Charles has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.58 | 22.44 | top 32.8% | 3,198 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 5.70 | 8.29 | top 47.7% | 3,421 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.98 | 14.35 | top 67.1% | 3,317 / 4,858 | |
| Skewb | 14.16 | 30.32 | top 75.3% | 2,207 / 2,907 |
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
- 22 Jun 2019First sub-20 3×3: 18.18 at Newmarket Open 2019.
- 2 Feb 2019First competition: Return to Toronto 2019. A 22.50 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pickering Favourites Autumn 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Newmarket Open 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Return to Toronto 2019 · 2 Feb 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.
- Abdullah Gulab — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mason Day — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Peter Douthwright — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.58 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.