People · United Kingdom
Charlie West
Skewb · top 3.1% of 73,281 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019WEST06
Charlie West has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.55, set at Bolton Spring 2023, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 70th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since June 2019, he has put 419 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.11 in June 2019 to 11.12, a 62% improvement. Charlie has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.55 | 4.60 | top 3.1% | 70 / 2,421 | |
| 3×3 | 11.12 | 15.25 | top 10.9% | 780 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.76 | 3.99 | top 11.6% | 730 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.39 | 8.35 | top 15.7% | 602 / 3,656 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.51 | — | top 56.3% | 1,222 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.13 | 52.73 | top 68.3% | 1,186 / 1,851 |
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
- 1 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage Autumn B 2022.
- 10 Apr 2022First sub-20 3×3: 14.66 at Farnworth Spring B 2022.
- 10 Apr 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.66 at Farnworth Spring B 2022.
- 10 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Farnworth Spring B 2022.
- 8 Jun 2019First competition: High Wycombe Open 2019. A 29.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Manchester February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Manchester August 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage May 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bolton Spring 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage January 2023 · 21 Jan 2023
- Stevenage Autumn B 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Droitwich Spa Autumn 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cheltenham Summer 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Farnworth Spring B 2022 · 10 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2019 · 25 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- High Wycombe Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019
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.
- Adam Swaine — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Daniel Partridge — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead once
- Harry Owen — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.