People · United States
Charles McElvany
2×2 · top 3.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024MCEL01
Charles McElvany has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.75, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,289th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since February 2024, he has put 379 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.65 in February 2024 to 11.51, a 49% improvement. Charles has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 1.75 | 4.21 | top 3.3% | 1,289 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.51 | 14.38 | top 12.2% | 6,563 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 7.32 | 9.13 | top 12.2% | 935 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.20 | 7.28 | top 14.4% | 3,781 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 5.45 | 6.61 | top 21.6% | 3,444 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 50.56 | 58.11 | top 25.4% | 3,900 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.14 | 32.78 | top 37.2% | 4,944 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 26.09 | 35.07 | top 41.7% | 2,704 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 2:24.74 | 2:33.77 | top 63.3% | 5,480 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:38.73 | — | top 65.4% | 5,000 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:05.71 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,444 / 2,092 |
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
- 8 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Yuba City Spring 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Berkeley Winter 2025.
- 15 Dec 2024Five personal bests in one day at Rocklin Winter 2024.
- 14 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at SacCubing XVIII 2024.
- 17 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.29 at Davis Summer 2024.
- 17 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Davis Summer 2024.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Santa Rosa Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Yuba City Spring 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Rocklin Winter 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- SacCubing XVIII 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Davis Summer 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024
- Oklahoma Championship 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- SacCubing XVII 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024
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.
- Kenji Gipson-Nahman — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Sebastian Stone — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Sabir Dhillon — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.