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Charlie Kettlewell

3×3 · top 14.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015KETT02

Charlie Kettlewell has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.11, set at Empire State Fall 2022, puts him in the top 14.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,637th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since November 2015, he has put 99 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.18 in November 2015 to 12.11, a 62% improvement. Charlie has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.3% of 284,439 all-time
12.11
signature single · Empire State Fall 2022
99
official solves on the record
19%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.1114.43
top 14.3%7,637 / 59,724
4×41:00.482:21.58
top 36.9%5,965 / 19,072
2×25.288.24
top 42.8%17,228 / 40,951
Skewb20.2122.63
top 89.9%17,332 / 18,907
Pyraminx21.6632.46
top 94.6%27,625 / 28,708

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

Northeastern Fall 2015: 32.18Quabbin Open 2016: 25.25Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016: 27.64WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017: 24.11Weston Fall 2017: 22.14Cubing with the Viking 2017: 22.52Framingham Frozen Fingers 2018: 21.26The Battle of Lexington 2018: 23.69Empire State Winter A 2022: 12.39Empire State Fall 2022: 12.1112.1132.1815 Nov 20155 Nov 2022

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 0.11 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 0.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.