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Mark Charlesworth

2×2 · top 22.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017CHAR16

Mark Charlesworth has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.67, set at Murdoch University Open 2026, puts him in the top 22.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,748th in Australia. Across 97 competitions since September 2017, he has put 987 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.68 in September 2017 to 22.30, a 53% improvement. Mark has entered 97 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 22.4% of 189,179 all-time
3.67
signature single · Murdoch University Open 2026
987
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×23.677.14
top 22.4%1,748 / 8,727
Pyraminx9.0012.82
top 44.9%2,524 / 6,109
3×322.3028.69
top 46.3%4,817 / 11,943
3×3 Fewest Moves51 moves—
early days — 2 solves358 / 474
4×42:09.54—
top 85.7%2,707 / 3,108
Megaminx3:41.844:12.65
top 86.5%1,213 / 1,313
Skewb21.8725.96
top 92.1%3,332 / 3,589
3×3 one-handed1:26.24—
early days — 3 solves2,557 / 2,685
5×54:29.175:39.58
top 94.8%1,384 / 1,412
Clock47.84—
early days — 2 solves1,121 / 1,159
6×613:12.00—
early days — 1 solve661 / 667

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

Australian Nationals 2017: 47.68Hamilton Spring 2017: 47.60Adelaide Summer 2018: 38.98Perth Autumn 2018: 34.27Canberra Autumn 2018: 34.58Brisbane Winter 2018: 36.89Australian Nationals 2018: 34.82Perth Puzzle Party 2019: 35.31Adelaide Summer 2019: 32.28Melbourne Summer 2019: 33.91Koalafication Perth 2019: 33.06Warm Up Sydney 2019: 33.94WCA World Championship 2019: 28.16Westcoast Woodvale Weekends 2019: 27.12Darwin Open 2019: 28.76Perth Puzzle Party 2020: 31.20Northside Cube Days 2020: 29.81Perth Late Night 2020: 28.69Speedy South Perth 2020: 34.36Cubing with the Cows 2020: 31.94South Perth Summer 2020: 33.49York Cube Day 2021: 29.90Showground Showdown 2021: 32.57Craigie Cube-Off 2021: 27.77Solving in Sale 2021: 24.39WA State Championship 2021: 29.76Fremantle Fast Fingers 2021: 29.73Puzzling Pinjarra 2021: 27.99Perth 10 Year Anniversary 2021: 29.04Perth Autumn 2022: 31.24Rockingham Rapid 2022: 29.63Perth Puzzle Marathon 2022: 32.52Warm Up Mandurah 2022: 28.79Australian Nationals 2022: 33.13Cool Down with the Cows 2022: 29.74Butler Blitz 2022: 33.33Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 28.82UK New Year Countdown 2023: 27.13Perth Summer 2023: 31.08Albany Summer Solving 2023: 28.99Hurry Up Karrinyup 2023: 28.67Reading Spring 2023: 30.58Perth Autumn 2023: 27.08Quintilian Cube-Off 2023: 23.43Scarborough Skewb-Off 2023: 29.67WA Open 2023: 24.28Butler Blitz 2023: 31.62Kjeller Open 2023: 30.69Cubing by Quinns Beach 2023: 29.19Tassie Summer 2024: 26.38Melbourne Summer 2024: 25.45Albany Summer Solving 2024: 28.74Murdoch University Open 2024: 27.65South Perth Cube Day 2024: 26.81Freo Cube-Off 2024: 27.04Going Fast in Guildford 2024: 28.31Perth Autumn 2024: 29.70Only 3x3s in Perth 2024: 29.86Australian Nationals 2024: 24.04Perth Winter 2024: 24.76Perth Time Trial 2024: 29.01Move It Midland 2024: 28.19Tír Chonaill Cubing 2024: 28.76Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 34.12Adelaide Summer 2025: 27.13Melbourne Summer 2025: 31.30Freo Cube-Off 2025: 26.49Keep Up Karrinyup 2025: 30.93Perth Autumn 2025: 23.96Warm Up Seattle 2025: 29.11WA State Championship 2025: 28.07Perth Time Trial 2025: 31.39Bunbury's South West Speedsolving 2025: 25.30New Zealand Nationals 2025: 29.33Christmas Cubing by Sorrento Beach 2025: 25.77Melbourne Summer 2026: 29.86Perth Summer 2026: 30.19Good Solves in Gibson Park 2026: 29.50Only Cubes in Scarborough 2026: 22.69Freo Cube-Off 2026: 29.14Perth Puzzle Party 2026: 24.67Perth Time Trial 2026: 25.17Australian Nationals 2026: 27.11Perth Winter 2026: 22.30Bindoon Bonanza 2026: 28.18Murdoch University Open 2026: 28.1122.3047.6823 Sep 201719 Sep 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-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 47,369 people have one; it is 1.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.