People · South Africa
Charlie Cleworth
3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022CLEW02
Charlie Cleworth has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.46, set at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in South Africa. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2022, he has put 267 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.82 in March 2022 to 8.46, a 22% improvement. Charlie has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.46 | 10.00 | top 3.7% | 32 / 2,164 | |
| 2×2 | 1.83 | 3.36 | top 3.7% | 36 / 1,510 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.36 | 8.30 | top 15.5% | 118 / 946 | |
| Skewb | 7.05 | 8.29 | top 34.0% | 124 / 438 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.54 | 34.82 | top 43.2% | 125 / 467 | |
| Square-1 | 28.56 | 37.54 | top 46.7% | 53 / 118 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.63 | 1:31.20 | top 50.4% | 176 / 491 |
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
- 7 Oct 2022Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022.
- 28 Aug 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.44 at Green School Paarl Open 2022.
- 6 Mar 2022First competition: Cape Town Summer 2022. A 10.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingZA Cape Cubes Challenge 2023 · 9 Dec 2023
- CubingZA Cape Cubes Autumn 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
- CubingZA Cape Cubes Summer 2023 · 28 Jan 2023
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Green School Paarl Open 2022 · 28 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Speedcubes Cape Town 2022 · 29 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cape Town Summer 2022 · 6 Mar 2022 — 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.
- Maverick Pearson — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Daniel Rush — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Jesse Osburn — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.