People · United Kingdom
Charlie Stuart Palethorpe
2×2 · top 4.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025PALE03
Charlie Stuart Palethorpe has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.00, set at Kewbz UK Championship 2026, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 349th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since November 2025, he has put 38 official solves on the record across five events. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.55 in November 2025 to 2.00, a 44% improvement. Charlie has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.00 | 3.58 | top 4.8% | 349 / 4,946 | |
| 3×3 | 10.87 | 12.71 | top 10.1% | 729 / 6,785 | |
| Skewb | 6.08 | 9.61 | top 26.4% | 622 / 2,439 | |
| 4×4 | 1:23.15 | 1:40.92 | top 58.5% | 1,293 / 2,112 | |
| 5×5 | 3:21.48 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,072 / 1,167 |
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
- 28 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Kewbz UK Championship 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025First competition: Leicestershire Autumn 2025.
Competitions
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Leicestershire Autumn 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best 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.
- Holly Evans — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Benjamin Hamilton — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Tristan Brown — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.