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Charlie van Ooran

3×3 · top 0.86% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017OORA01

Charlie van Ooran has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.51, set at Mandurah Mayhem 2023, puts him in the top 0.86% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 92nd in Australia. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 74 competitions since January 2017, he has put 2,950 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.56 in January 2017 to 6.51, a 48% improvement. Charlie has entered 74 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.86% of 284,439 all-time
6.51
signature single · Mandurah Mayhem 2023
2,950
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 50% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×36.519.32
top 0.86%92 / 11,709
2×21.212.95
top 1.1%108 / 8,567
Pyraminx2.834.24
top 3.1%143 / 5,993
4×431.5037.65
top 3.8%102 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed13.7519.81
top 5.7%127 / 2,659
5×51:01.581:07.73
top 6.4%89 / 1,356
Skewb3.996.49
top 10.8%278 / 3,534
Megaminx1:01.711:10.90
top 10.9%136 / 1,277
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves33.33
top 14.8%73 / 468
6×62:15.192:20.17
top 18.1%104 / 641
7×73:25.523:39.87
top 18.3%83 / 523
3×3 blindfolded2:08.06—
top 36.1%157 / 394
Clock15.1017.50
top 48.3%500 / 1,095
Square-131.1843.44
top 51.5%507 / 899
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 20:12—
early days — 1 solve93 / 180

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

Perth Summer 2017: 12.56Perth Winter 2017: 11.22Perth Autumn 2018: 11.34Australian Nationals 2018: 10.35Perth Puzzle Party 2019: 9.86Koalafication Perth 2019: 9.04WCA World Championship 2019: 9.90Westcoast Woodvale Weekends 2019: 9.18Perth Puzzle Party 2020: 9.40Perth Late Night 2020: 9.02Speedy South Perth 2020: 8.72Cubing with the Cows 2020: 8.03South Perth Summer 2020: 9.17York Cube Day 2021: 9.31Showground Showdown 2021: 7.80Craigie Cube-Off 2021: 8.07SA State Championship 2021: 9.65WA State Championship 2021: 7.74Rockingham Rapid 2021: 7.77Fremantle Fast Fingers 2021: 9.62Puzzling Pinjarra 2021: 7.72Perth 10 Year Anniversary 2021: 8.27Perth Underground Open 2022: 10.29Albany Summer Solving 2022: 10.08Perth Autumn 2022: 9.18Rockingham Rapid 2022: 8.46Victorian Open 2022: 8.26WA Open 2022: 8.31Perth Puzzle Marathon 2022: 9.07Warm Up Mandurah 2022: 9.38Australian Nationals 2022: 8.55Cool Down with the Cows 2022: 8.26Northside Spring Saturday 2022: 9.11Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 10.13Perth Summer 2023: 8.95Albany Summer Solving 2023: 8.35Hurry Up Karrinyup 2023: 7.39Freo Cube-Off 2023: 8.32Perth Autumn 2023: 9.60Mandurah Mayhem 2023: 6.51Quintilian Cube-Off 2023: 9.25Perth Time Trial 2023: 7.96Queensland Open 2023: 8.46Bunbury's South West Speedsolving 2023: 7.61WA Open 2023: 8.69Speedy South Perth 2023: 8.52Cubing by Quinns Beach 2023: 7.73Perth Puzzle Party 2024: 8.42Murdoch University Open 2024: 8.05South Perth Cube Day 2024: 8.41Freo Cube-Off 2024: 8.62Perth Autumn 2024: 9.42Australian Nationals 2024: 8.87Perth Winter 2024: 8.07Move It Midland 2024: 8.58Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 9.07Perth Puzzle Party 2025: 8.41Albany Summer Solving 2025: 9.01Perth Winter 2025: 8.59Christmas Cubing by Sorrento Beach 2025: 8.62Winding Down in Willetton 2026: 8.526.5112.5622 Jan 201715 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.