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Charlie Cahalane

3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022CAHA01

Charlie Cahalane has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.18, set at Cork Spring 2024, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 55th in Ireland. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since July 2022, he has put 361 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.47 in July 2022 to 8.18, a 34% improvement. Charlie has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.18
signature single · Cork Spring 2024
361
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
3×38.1811.19
top 3.1%55 / 1,427
2×22.023.65
top 4.9%81 / 1,163
4×443.7049.70
top 16.6%89 / 579
Pyraminx5.6410.56
top 17.4%201 / 911
Skewb5.877.27
top 24.8%171 / 624
3×3 one-handed23.4725.54
top 30.0%111 / 448
5×51:55.392:16.36
top 46.2%137 / 296

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

Cubing with the Cats Sunday 2022: 12.47Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2022: 14.18Irish Championship 2022: 12.81Irish Championship 2023: 12.66Cubing with the Cats Sunday 2023: 10.59Don't Fail Kinsale 2023: 11.88Rebel County Cubing 2024: 9.38Cork Spring 2024: 8.188.1814.1824 Jul 202224 Feb 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.

  • Ben Timmons — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
  • CJ Furey — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Hugo McGrath — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 34 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.