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Charles Spears

3×3 · top 13.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017SPEA02

Charles Spears has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.97, set at Slow N Steady Winter 2018, puts him in the top 13.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,390th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since December 2017, he has put 111 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.79 in December 2017 to 11.97, a 13% improvement. Charles has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.97
signature single · Slow N Steady Winter 2018
111
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.9714.38
top 13.8%7,390 / 59,724
4×442.1350.13
top 14.7%2,198 / 19,072
Pyraminx5.577.79
top 16.9%4,482 / 28,708
5×51:24.511:31.33
top 22.8%1,769 / 9,401
Megaminx1:31.931:55.81
top 29.5%2,063 / 7,841
2×24.605.61
top 34.2%13,624 / 40,951
6×63:09.193:27.62
top 45.2%1,669 / 4,196

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

Severna Park Showdown 2017: 13.79Slow N Steady Winter 2018: 11.97NovaCube 2018: 13.12BarbeCubing Fall 2018: 12.5911.9713.7916 Dec 201729 Sep 2018

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 2.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.