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Charles Preston Hill

3×3 · top 50.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019HILL04

Charles Preston Hill has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.90, set at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022, puts him in the top 50.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29,229th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since July 2019, he has put 70 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.40 in August 2019 to 23.90, a 16% improvement. Charles has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 50.1% of 284,439 all-time
23.90
signature single · CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022
70
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×323.9028.07
top 50.1%29,229 / 59,724
Pyraminx10.0915.57
top 53.7%15,677 / 28,708
Skewb10.6813.18
top 59.1%10,833 / 18,907
2×27.008.02
top 60.4%24,806 / 40,951
4×41:56.60
top 80.1%14,861 / 19,072

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

Back to School DFW 2019: 28.40Houston Winter 2020: 31.77CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022: 23.90Houston Spring Side Events 2023: 26.55Space City Summer 2023: 24.9323.9031.7731 Aug 20198 Jul 2023

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.

  • RJ Gohn — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Matt Lee — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Vincent Chen — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.90 away.
  • A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.