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Charlie Dearsley

2×2 · top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019DEAR01

Charlie Dearsley has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.46, set at Lincolnshire Winter 2023, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 160th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2019, he has put 174 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.40 in July 2019 to 11.68, a 64% improvement. Charlie has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.46
signature single · Lincolnshire Winter 2023
174
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.463.50
top 2.0%160 / 4,895
Pyraminx4.158.54
top 8.4%324 / 3,656
3×311.6816.46
top 12.8%904 / 6,689
Skewb8.3812.97
top 44.1%1,038 / 2,421
Square-127.4536.82
top 44.5%396 / 778
4×41:44.97
early days — 1 solve1,661 / 2,071

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

Leeds Open 2019: 32.40Doncaster Open 2020: 24.53Wakefield Spring 2022: 14.79Lincoln Summer 2022: 13.27Wakefield Autumn 2022: 14.33Lincolnshire Winter 2023: 11.6811.6832.4027 Jul 201925 Feb 2023

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.