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Charley Bates
3×3 · top 43.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2013 · 2013BATE01
Charley Bates has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.27, set at Leaf Town 2013, puts him in the top 43.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24,937th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since June 2013, he has put 69 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.39 in June 2013 to 21.27, a 40% improvement. Charley 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 21.27 | 24.80 | top 43.5% | 24,937 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.37 | 8.23 | top 43.9% | 17,689 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.55 | 19.66 | top 70.5% | 20,880 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 51.87 | — | early days — 2 solves | 11,518 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 2:05.42 | — | early days — 3 solves | 15,789 / 19,072 |
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
- 12 Oct 2013First sub-30 3×3: 22.76 at Leaf Town 2013.
- 12 Oct 2013Three personal bests in one day at Leaf Town 2013.
- 15 Jun 2013First competition: New Albany 2013. A 35.39 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shaker Heights 2016 · 20 Feb 2016
- Holy Toledo Winter 2014 · 8 Mar 2014
- Carnegie Mellon Fall 2013 · 23 Nov 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Leaf Town 2013 · 12 Oct 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- New Albany 2013 · 15 Jun 2013
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.
- Phillip Lewicki — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan DeLine — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kit Clement — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.