People · United States
Charlie Valiente
3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018VALI09
Charlie Valiente has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.35, set at PBs in Palisades 2023, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,180th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2018, he has put 141 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.41 in December 2018 to 9.35, a 10% improvement. Charlie has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.35 | 9.83 | top 5.7% | 3,180 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.02 | 17.93 | top 12.6% | 1,635 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 2.96 | 4.86 | top 13.8% | 5,409 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.13 | 1:24.23 | top 19.2% | 1,503 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 47.95 | 54.64 | top 22.1% | 3,350 / 19,072 | |
| 7×7 | 3:58.77 | — | early days — 2 solves | 844 / 3,184 | |
| 6×6 | 2:56.04 | 3:04.80 | early days — 3 solves | 1,424 / 4,196 | |
| Skewb | 9.01 | 11.29 | top 48.5% | 8,639 / 18,907 |
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
- 31 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at New York New Year 2023.
- 12 Oct 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.95 at Brooklyn Fall 2019.
- 12 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Brooklyn Fall 2019.
- 8 Dec 2018First competition: Liberty Science Center Open 2018. A 10.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- PBs in Palisades 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- New York New Year 2023 · 31 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Babylon Winter 2020 · 29 Feb 2020
- Brooklyn Fall 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Brooklyn 2019 · 25 May 2019
- SBU Spring 2019 · 31 Mar 2019
- Liberty Science Center Open 2018 · 8 Dec 2018
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.
- Lauren Phung — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Parker Trager — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chris Chi — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.