People · United States
Charlie Surtees
2×2 · top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025SURT01
Charlie Surtees has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.14, set at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,292nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2025, he has put 179 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.25 in May 2025 to 10.20, a 17% improvement. Charlie has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.14 | 3.20 | top 5.7% | 2,292 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.20 | 12.75 | top 8.0% | 4,426 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 47.86 | 52.25 | top 21.9% | 3,330 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.59 | 8.39 | top 24.6% | 6,708 / 28,708 | |
| 6×6 | 3:10.36 | 3:33.69 | top 45.9% | 1,703 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.14 | 31.94 | top 47.0% | 6,403 / 15,683 | |
| 7×7 | 4:58.38 | 5:04.14 | top 50.1% | 1,460 / 3,184 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 13 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cookeville Cube Challenge 2026.
- 25 Apr 2026Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026.
- 3 May 2025First competition: Skewbing in School Kennesaw 2025. A 16.26 3×3 single to start from.
- 3 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.25 at Skewbing in School Kennesaw 2025.
Competitions
- Scenic City Summer TN 2026 · 8 Aug 2026
- Cookeville Cube Challenge 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Scenic City Spring TN 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Coosa Cubing Clash 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Omnicon & Cubes TN 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Fort Payne Summer 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Skewbing in School Kennesaw 2025 · 3 May 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.
- Daniel Mullen — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Katie Hull — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
- Drake Denton Richard — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.