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Ely Charqueno

Megaminx · top 0.74% of 34,786 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019CHAR08

Ely Charqueno has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 35.73, set at NCSU Wolfpack 2025, puts him in the top 0.74% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 52nd in the United States. Until July 2016, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since September 2019, he has put 1,228 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.16 in September 2019 to 7.08, a 67% improvement. Ely has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 0.74% of 34,786 all-time
35.73
signature single · NCSU Wolfpack 2025
1,228
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Megaminx35.7340.77
top 0.74%52 / 7,841
3×37.089.39
top 1.4%863 / 59,724
Pyraminx2.665.83
top 2.6%695 / 28,708
Clock4.595.63
top 3.5%284 / 8,927
Square-18.9310.83
top 4.4%323 / 6,743
2×21.973.38
top 4.5%1,814 / 40,951
4×432.8535.61
top 4.8%761 / 19,072
5×51:03.931:06.41
top 7.8%609 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed15.9417.94
top 10.1%1,334 / 15,683
6×62:02.832:11.98
top 12.2%436 / 4,196
7×73:21.383:50.22
top 16.8%470 / 3,184
Skewb5.037.06
top 18.4%2,924 / 18,907
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves—
early days — 1 solve1,178 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded7:02.57—
early days — 1 solve1,907 / 2,092

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

Rocky The Ram Cubes 2019: 21.16Charlotte Winter 2020: 16.92Missoula 2021: 10.31PLU NxN 2022: 9.53Bellevue Cubing for Children's 2022: 11.02SnoCo Veteran's Weekend B 2022: 10.32Lynnwood Winter 2023: 9.65Sleepless in Seattle 2023: 10.45Washington Championship 2023: 8.47Welcome to Olympia 2023: 8.33Kent Spring 2023: 9.73CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 9.26Lucky Lynnwood 2023: 9.58Odd Olympia 2023: 9.56SnoCo Veterans Day Weekend 2023: 9.23Olympia Classic 2024: 9.27CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024: 8.76Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 9.19CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024: 7.08Colonial Cube Clash VA 2024: 7.56Bellevue Squan Fest 2 2024: 8.58Virginia Always Open Spring 2025: 7.23Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.78NCSU Wolfpack 2025: 8.88Bull City Big Cubes NC 2026: 8.47Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 9.257.0821.1614 Sep 20192 Jul 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.

  • Sameer Aggarwal — met in 167 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
  • Max Siauw — met in 161 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Ash Black — met in 143 rounds, finished ahead 9 times

Next targets

  • A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 5.73 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.