People · United States
Charles Martinson
2×2 · top 3.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016MART15
Charles Martinson has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.77, set at Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2022, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,339th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since March 2016, he has put 489 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.96 in January 2017 to 9.07, a 39% 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.77 | 2.85 | top 3.4% | 1,339 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 2.82 | 4.40 | top 4.1% | 642 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 9.07 | 10.29 | top 5.0% | 2,816 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.37 | 7.12 | top 15.5% | 4,079 / 28,708 | |
| Square-1 | 17.21 | 24.14 | top 21.4% | 1,428 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.20 | 28.68 | top 26.6% | 3,433 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 12.51 | 14.21 | top 37.4% | 2,975 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.42 | 1:23.66 | top 43.3% | 7,138 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:43.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,334 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:56.64 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,670 / 7,841 |
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
- 20 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2022.
- 5 Jan 2019Four personal bests in one day at Utah Valley Open 2019.
- 1 Dec 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.33 at Utah Snowball Bash 2018.
- 3 Nov 2018Three personal bests in one day at Idaho Spudcubing 2018.
- 27 Jan 2018Three personal bests in one day at Utah Winter Open 2018.
- 7 Oct 2017Four personal bests in one day at Utah Speedcube Speedoff 2017.
Competitions
- Utah Ice Cubing 2023 · 28 Jan 2023
- Utah Championship 2022 · 22 Oct 2022
- Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2022 · 20 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Perfect Vision Provo 2020 · 18 Jan 2020
- Resticker Utah 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Valley Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Utah Snowball Bash 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Idaho Spudcubing 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Southern Utah Fall Open 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Spring Open 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Winter Open 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Speedcube Speedoff 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Utah Megacomp II 2017 · 11 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Cubing for Charity 2017 · 21 Jan 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Spring: Gotta go Fast 2016 · 5 Mar 2016
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.
- Calvin Nielson — met in 107 rounds, finished ahead 42 times
- Damian Wilding — met in 98 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
- Eric Pesci — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.