People · United States
Charles Russell Jr.
2×2 · top 6.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022JRCH01
Charles Russell Jr. has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.21, set at Pegasus 2023, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,504th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2022, he has put 111 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.73 in March 2022 to 12.45, a 26% improvement. Charles has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 2.21 | 4.82 | top 6.3% | 2,504 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 12.45 | 16.47 | top 15.5% | 8,269 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.97 | 11.65 | top 44.6% | 12,795 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 9.33 | 10.44 | top 50.7% | 9,083 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.02 | 43.24 | top 57.3% | 7,981 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:23.90 | 1:32.70 | top 59.0% | 10,210 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 3:16.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,606 / 9,401 |
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
- 16 Nov 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.45 at Miami Skewbed 2024.
- 12 Mar 2022First competition: Florida Spring B 2022. A 18.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zephyr Cube Bash 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Miami Skewbed 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pegasus 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Bulls 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Florida Spring B 2022 · 12 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best 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.
- Jacob Lam — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Kellan Butler — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sean Hartman — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.