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Charlie Pippert

3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025PIPP01

Charlie Pippert has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.44, set at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,047th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since February 2025, he has put 223 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.88 in February 2025 to 8.44, a 34% improvement. Charlie has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.44
signature single · Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026
223
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.449.96
top 3.6%2,047 / 59,724
2×21.932.93
top 4.3%1,705 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed15.5818.73
top 9.3%1,233 / 15,683
Pyraminx4.345.42
top 9.4%2,431 / 28,708
4×438.3043.04
top 10.1%1,506 / 19,072
Skewb4.697.22
top 15.8%2,491 / 18,907
5×51:24.511:31.69
top 22.8%1,769 / 9,401
Square-117.7923.40
top 22.9%1,511 / 6,743

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

Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025: 12.88Bucks County Cubing PM 2025: 10.02CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025: 9.58River Hill Fall 2025: 8.86UMBC Winter 2026: 9.37Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 8.44Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 9.248.4412.881 Feb 202514 Aug 2026

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.

  • Anderson Hong — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
  • Leland Pak — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
  • Fiona Bao — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 3 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.