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Charlie Alderton

2×2 · top 14.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022ALDE06

Charlie Alderton has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.00, set at A New Year in Auckland 2024, puts him in the top 14.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 270th in New Zealand. Across 7 competitions since December 2022, he has put 157 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.62 in December 2022 to 19.62, a 34% improvement. Charlie has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 14.2% of 186,767 all-time
3.00
signature single · A New Year in Auckland 2024
157
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
2×23.006.43
top 14.2%270 / 1,615
Skewb7.6511.29
top 38.7%286 / 666
3×319.6224.75
top 38.9%805 / 2,095
Pyraminx9.1814.46
top 46.4%611 / 1,141
Clock22.6125.58
top 71.6%246 / 303
3×3 one-handed45.491:04.18
top 72.1%413 / 600
4×42:25.82
top 90.7%661 / 722
Square-11:19.36
early days — 1 solve241 / 251

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

New Zealand Nationals 2022: 29.62A New Year in Hamilton 2023: 28.12Auckland Autumn 2023: 20.05Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023: 23.84NZ North Island Championship 2023: 22.40New Zealand Nationals 2023: 23.77A New Year in Auckland 2024: 19.6219.6229.629 Dec 202220 Jan 2024

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 1.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.