People · Canada
Charles Li
3×3 · top 2.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023LICH01
Charles Li has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.73, set at Kawartha Fall 2025, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 237th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since March 2023, he has put 278 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.39 in March 2023 to 7.73, an 18% improvement. Charles has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 7.73 | 9.10 | top 2.4% | 237 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 2.91 | 4.45 | top 13.3% | 891 / 7,245 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.30 | 7.95 | top 15.1% | 604 / 4,913 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.60 | 25.64 | top 16.7% | 355 / 2,632 | |
| 4×4 | 45.53 | 50.05 | top 19.0% | 493 / 3,180 | |
| Clock | 15.01 | 16.05 | top 48.0% | 442 / 1,057 | |
| Megaminx | 2:08.44 | — | early days — 2 solves | 587 / 1,393 | |
| Skewb | 13.24 | 14.02 | top 71.7% | 2,081 / 2,928 |
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
- 21 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pickering Fall A 2023.
- 26 Mar 2023First competition: Pickering D 2023. A 13.61 3×3 single to start from.
- 26 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.39 at Pickering D 2023.
Competitions
- Pickering Mini Afternoon 2026 · 12 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026 · 31 Jan 2026
- Waterloo Fall 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Kawartha Fall 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Pickering Favourites Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Greater Toronto 2025 · 9 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers C 2024 · 24 Mar 2024
- Pickering Favourites Autumn 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Scarborough Fall B 2023 · 19 Nov 2023
- Pickering Fall A 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Ajax 3x3x3 Morning 2023 · 26 Aug 2023
- Appleby Summer A 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Southern Ontario Summer - Oshawa 2023 · 24 Jun 2023
- Markham 3x3x3 Morning 2023 · 29 Apr 2023
- Pickering D 2023 · 26 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests 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.
- James Li — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 47 times · head to head
- Aidan Xu — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Lucas Lopez — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.