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Charlie Carson

3×3 · top 22.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2009 · 2009CARS01

Charlie Carson has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.56, set at Toronto Open Fall 2014, puts him in the top 22.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,202nd in Canada. Across 6 competitions since July 2009, he has put 119 official solves on the record across seven 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 30.11 in July 2009 to 14.56, a 52% improvement. Charlie has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 22.9% of 284,439 all-time
14.56
signature single · Toronto Open Fall 2014
119
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×314.5616.89
top 22.9%2,202 / 10,392
2×23.795.80
top 23.8%1,596 / 7,173
3×3 one-handed32.5840.25
top 52.4%1,220 / 2,620
Pyraminx10.0619.32
top 53.5%2,586 / 4,858
4×41:58.002:04.87
top 80.8%2,438 / 3,118
Square-11:11.631:38.49
top 89.7%851 / 952
5×54:58.77
early days — 2 solves1,421 / 1,499

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

canadianCubing Classic 2009: 30.11Canadian Open 2009: 20.65Toronto Open Spring 2010: 21.94canadianCUBING CUBEcentric 2010: 20.11Toronto Open Summer 2014: 17.37Toronto Open Fall 2014: 14.5614.5630.1125 Jul 200922 Nov 2014

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.56 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.