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Mark Charlesworth

2×2 · top 30.3% of 186,767 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 4.30, set at Christmas Cubing by Sorrento Beach 2025, puts him in the top 30.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,355th in Australia. Across 94 competitions since September 2017, he has put 930 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 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 94 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 30.3% of 186,767 all-time
4.30
signature single · Christmas Cubing by Sorrento Beach 2025
930
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×24.307.14
top 30.3%2,355 / 8,567
Pyraminx9.0012.82
top 44.8%2,476 / 5,993
3×322.3028.69
top 46.2%4,727 / 11,709
3×3 Fewest Moves51 moves—
early days — 1 solve354 / 468
4×42:09.54—
top 85.6%2,661 / 3,051
Megaminx4:01.94—
top 90.3%1,219 / 1,277
3×3 one-handed1:26.24—
early days — 3 solves2,532 / 2,659
Skewb24.8740.96
top 94.7%3,383 / 3,534
Clock47.84—
early days — 2 solves1,056 / 1,095
5×55:33.506:55.38
top 98.0%1,348 / 1,356
6×613:12.00—
early days — 1 solve638 / 641

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: 22.3022.3047.6823 Sep 20171 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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.