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Charles Yates

2×2 · top 16.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015YATE01

Charles Yates has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.20, set at Irvine Fall 2015, puts him in the top 16.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,516th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since August 2015, he has put 25 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.83 in August 2015 to 17.76, a 19% improvement. Charles has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 16.6% of 186,767 all-time
3.20
signature single · Irvine Fall 2015
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.205.26
top 16.6%6,516 / 40,951
3×317.7619.03
top 33.4%18,520 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed1:47.49
early days — 1 solve15,186 / 15,683

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

Nisei Week 2015: 21.83Irvine Fall 2015: 17.76Caltech Fall 2015: 18.0317.7621.8315 Aug 201521 Nov 2015

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.