People · United States
Charles William Jones
Skewb · top 2.7% of 74,164 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019JONE08
Charles William Jones has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.43, set at Dallas Side Event Day 2019, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 406th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2019, he has put 162 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 15.58 in June 2019 to 2.43, an 84% improvement. Charles has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.43 | 7.10 | top 2.7% | 406 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 14.05 | 17.98 | top 21.2% | 11,601 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.22 | 5.59 | top 29.4% | 11,841 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.54 | 12.47 | top 32.4% | 9,217 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:18.48 | 1:25.06 | top 54.7% | 9,468 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 44.76 | 55.88 | top 71.4% | 10,408 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 2:54.97 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,957 / 9,537 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Jan 2023First sub-20 3×3: 15.41 at DFW Cubing Winter 2023.
- 15 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.05 at DFW Cubing Winter 2023.
- 15 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Winter 2023.
- 9 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Fort Worth Fall Fiesta 2019.
- 14 Sep 2019First sub-30 3×3: 29.20 at Waco Cube Assembly 2019.
- 14 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Waco Cube Assembly 2019.
Competitions
- DFW Cubing Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2023 · 15 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Houston Winter 2020 · 25 Jan 2020
- Fort Worth Fall Fiesta 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- 345 Cube Day Allen 2019 · 13 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Dallas Side Event Day 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Waco Cube Assembly 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- North Dallas 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2019 · 1 Jun 2019
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Vincent Chen — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Dylan Baumbach — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.