People · United Kingdom
Charlie Hill
2×2 · top 0.77% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015HILL10
Charlie Hill has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.10, set at Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2026, puts him in the top 0.77% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 62nd in the United Kingdom. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2015, he has put 333 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.04 in November 2015 to 1.10, a 78% improvement. Charlie has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 1.10 | 2.58 | top 0.77% | 62 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 8.09 | 11.51 | top 2.9% | 241 / 6,689 | |
| Skewb | 2.69 | 5.53 | top 3.6% | 82 / 2,421 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.44 | 6.16 | top 5.2% | 198 / 3,656 | |
| Clock | 6.34 | 8.53 | top 8.5% | 114 / 1,232 | |
| Square-1 | 12.33 | 15.12 | top 10.5% | 108 / 778 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.98 | 28.01 | top 17.7% | 332 / 1,851 | |
| 4×4 | 1:56.42 | — | top 80.0% | 1,811 / 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
Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Jul 2026Four personal bests in one day at Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026First sub-15 3×3: 12.37 at Leeds Spring 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.62 at Leeds Spring 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Five personal bests in one day at Leeds Spring 2026.
- 15 Apr 2017Eight personal bests in one day at Newcastle-under-Lyme Open 2017.
- 14 Jan 2017First sub-20 3×3: 19.93 at Manchester Open 2017.
Competitions
- Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Leeds Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2017 · 27 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- London Open 2017 · 8 Jul 2017
- Newcastle-under-Lyme Open 2017 · 15 Apr 2017 — 8 personal bests set
- Manchester Open 2017 · 14 Jan 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2016 · 4 Nov 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Competition 2016 · 27 Aug 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Manchester Open 2016 · 30 Jan 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2015 · 7 Nov 2015
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.
- Billie Hammill — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Robert Yau — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Charlie Stark — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.