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Charles Mac Alister

3×3 · top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022ALIS02

Charles Mac Alister has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.51, set at Rubik's Irish Championship 2024, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 94th in Ireland. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since November 2022, he has put 595 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.84 in November 2022 to 9.51, a 44% improvement. Charles has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time
9.51
signature single · Rubik's Irish Championship 2024
595
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
3×39.5112.13
top 6.1%94 / 1,427
2×22.655.23
top 10.4%148 / 1,163
4×442.1748.22
top 14.7%84 / 579
Megaminx1:13.981:29.48
top 18.0%56 / 283
Pyraminx5.899.63
top 19.2%219 / 911
3×3 one-handed21.3125.15
top 24.1%83 / 448
Skewb6.0210.09
top 25.9%178 / 624
Clock10.7013.16
top 28.6%102 / 331
5×51:49.672:02.67
top 42.4%121 / 296
Square-130.1138.65
top 49.5%102 / 194
3×3 blindfolded3:11.923:20.48
top 55.8%41 / 59
6×63:48.064:30.57
top 61.6%89 / 142
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves—
early days — 1 solve53 / 88
7×77:30.67—
early days — 2 solves97 / 108
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 24:25—
early days — 2 solves23 / 24

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

Tuam Open Sunday 2022: 16.84Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2023: 15.81Solving by the Shannon 2023: 13.88Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2023: 14.50Mayo Cubing 2023: 12.60Meath Autumn 2023: 11.06Don't Fail Kinsale 2023: 13.15Corduff Cubing Sunday 2024: 10.84Turnin' in Termonfeckin Sunday 2024: 11.76Rubik's Irish Championship 2024: 9.51Midlands Mix-up 2024: 11.169.5116.8427 Nov 202220 Jul 2024

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.

  • Ben Timmons — met in 122 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
  • Simon Kelly — met in 109 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
  • William Carey — met in 108 rounds, finished ahead 14 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.51 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.