People · United States
Charles Kovach
2×2 · top 6.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023KOVA02
Charles Kovach has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.25, set at High Plains Solving 2023, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,668th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since February 2023, he has put 142 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Charles has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.25 | 8.33 | top 6.7% | 2,668 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 16.69 | 21.78 | top 30.1% | 16,810 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 8.83 | 12.23 | top 47.4% | 8,507 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.84 | 1:28.83 | top 50.6% | 8,661 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.15 | 16.65 | top 73.7% | 22,209 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 28.20 | — | top 82.1% | 7,476 / 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
- 12 Feb 2023First competition: High Plains Solving 2023. A 20.59 3×3 single to start from.
- 12 Feb 2023First sub-20 3×3: 16.69 at High Plains Solving 2023.
Competitions
- Pillar of Fire Colorado 2023 · 11 Nov 2023
- CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023 · 3 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rocky Mountain Warm-Up 2023 · 28 Oct 2023
- The Art of the Cube Colorado 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Centennial State Cube-Off 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing In Creek 2023 · 20 May 2023
- Mile High Megacomp 2023 · 4 Mar 2023
- High Plains Solving 2023 · 12 Feb 2023 — 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.
- Kaemon Vita — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Stone Amsbaugh — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Preston Hoing — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.