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Charles Saroff

Skewb · top 8.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since January 2012 · 2012SARO01

Charles Saroff has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.67, set at Slow n Steady Fall 2015, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,347th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since January 2012, he has put 454 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.56 in January 2012 to 11.30, a 45% improvement. Charles has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 8.8% of 73,281 all-time
3.67
signature single · Slow n Steady Fall 2015
454
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb3.676.21
top 8.8%1,347 / 18,907
3×311.3014.16
top 11.4%6,171 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed18.6524.02
top 16.8%2,179 / 15,683
Megaminx1:15.851:23.13
top 19.1%1,305 / 7,841
Square-117.9727.72
top 23.3%1,541 / 6,743
4×451.991:00.25
top 27.1%4,185 / 19,072
Pyraminx7.849.21
top 34.9%9,854 / 28,708
5×51:40.361:54.81
top 35.6%2,832 / 9,401
2×25.426.28
top 44.4%17,908 / 40,951
3×3 blindfolded3:59.27—
top 68.0%1,408 / 2,092
6×64:18.97—
early days — 3 solves2,819 / 4,196
7×76:22.87—
early days — 2 solves2,253 / 3,184

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

River Hill Winter 2012: 20.56River Hill Winter 2013: 19.33Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2013: 17.43Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2013: 12.53Slow 'n Steady Fall 2013: 15.06River Hill Summer 2014: 13.36River Hill Winter 2015: 16.94Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2015: 12.94Slow n Steady Spring 2015: 13.57Slow n Steady Fall 2015: 16.73River Hill Fall 2015: 14.72Slow N Steady Winter 2016: 14.50Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 13.85Slow N Steady Fall 2016: 14.15Slow N Steady Summer 2017: 11.30Maryland 2017: 14.86Slow N Steady Spring 2024: 12.69Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024: 12.28Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025: 14.47Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025: 13.03UMBC Fall 2025: 13.6111.3020.5621 Jan 201218 Oct 2025

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.

  • Corey Sakowski — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
  • Dan Selzer — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
  • Kobe Balin — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 16 times

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.