People · United Kingdom
Charlie Brinkley
2×2 · top 0.27% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025BRIN05
Charlie Brinkley has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.83, set at Sheffield Spring 2026, puts him in the top 0.27% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since September 2025, he has put 232 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.66 in September 2025 to 10.98, a 13% improvement. Charlie 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 Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.83 | 3.79 | top 0.27% | 26 / 4,946 | |
| Clock | 6.87 | 9.20 | top 10.4% | 136 / 1,255 | |
| 3×3 | 10.98 | 13.63 | top 10.5% | 759 / 6,785 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.24 | 8.11 | top 14.7% | 566 / 3,704 | |
| Skewb | 5.89 | 8.05 | top 25.0% | 581 / 2,439 | |
| 4×4 | 51.67 | 1:00.31 | top 26.9% | 616 / 2,112 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.96 | 26.69 | top 28.7% | 521 / 1,861 | |
| Megaminx | 1:40.20 | 1:57.55 | top 34.9% | 399 / 998 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.91 | 1:59.00 | top 38.4% | 491 / 1,167 | |
| 6×6 | 3:25.99 | 3:28.91 | top 53.3% | 335 / 560 | |
| 7×7 | 5:41.62 | 5:51.65 | early days — 3 solves | 310 / 463 |
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
- 11 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage July 2026.
- 4 Jul 2026Six personal bests in one day at Wiltshire Summer 2026.
- 23 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Sheffield Spring 2026.
- 20 Sep 2025First competition: Corby Autumn 2025. A 17.58 3×3 single to start from.
- 20 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.66 at Corby Autumn 2025.
Competitions
- Stevenage July 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Summer 2026 · 4 Jul 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Sheffield Spring 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Winter 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Corby Autumn 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Rufus Prabhu-Desai — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead once
- Mezon Gurung — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Oliver Lampard — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,366 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.