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Charles Goertz

3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017GOER01

Charles Goertz has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.53, set at Ajax Winter 2019, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 371st in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2017, he has put 169 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.96 in March 2017 to 8.53, a 43% improvement. Charles has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.53
signature single · Ajax Winter 2019
169
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×38.5311.08
top 3.8%371 / 10,392
2×23.855.08
top 24.6%1,661 / 7,173
4×41:05.241:28.21
top 42.0%1,134 / 3,118

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

London Limited Spring 2017: 14.96Newmarket Open 2017: 13.39Weston Fall 2017: 12.78Cubing with the Viking 2017: 10.92Framingham Frozen Fingers 2018: 11.05WPI Winter Cube Day 2018: 11.07Newmarket Open 2018: 9.88Battle of Waterloo 2018: 10.07Oakville Limited Fall 2018: 10.44Ajax Winter 2019: 8.53Return to Toronto 2019: 10.84Battle of Waterloo 2019: 10.128.5314.9625 Mar 201714 Sep 2019

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.