Charlie Harrison

From Countdown
Charlie Harrison
octochamp statistics
Final position TBC
Seeding 2
Points total 953
Conundrums solved 8

Charlie Harrison was an octochamp in Series 93. At the time of filming, he was a second-year mathematics undergraduate student at Emmanuel College, Cambridge but is originally from Sunderland. He is also an Apterite who has spent considerable time in the Top 20 in the Pro-Ranks, and made his co-event debut at Co:London 2026, finishing 18th out of 56 participants. He is additionally a competitive Rubik's Cube solver who has won UK championships, which has led him to compete frequently against fellow Countdowner Harry Savage. He has now qualified for the end-of-series finals.

Appearances

Series 93 heat games

On his first show, and after a shaky introduction where he fell behind in Round 1, he eventually showcased his significant Apterous credentials by scoring a hefty 138, due in no small spot through his spotting of three nines: VALORISED, REFLATION and TIMECARDS. This left Harrison with the highest debut total of the series so far, and he capped off his triumph with a speedy conundrum solve as part of a highly impressive start. While never scoring this highly again, he did secure seven further fantastic victories which were also all centuries. The further nine-letter words that he managed to spot were VERBALIST and ATROPHIES, with only ATTENDING being missed. Some other notable spots included GALOPS, AWFULISE, PESETAS, PINOTAGE, EGESTION, DEMURE, GEOTAXIS, AEROFOIL and TZIGANES.

After dispatching his last heat opponent Colin Mitchell, he broke into the 900 club with a final tally of 953 to match Arthur Page's octotal, and presently sit as the No. 2 seed for the finals. One memorable fact of Charlie's run included his matching of Ahmed Mohamed's stat for rounds maxed in an octorun with 94 out of 120. He also became just the fifteenth person to solve all eight conundrums in their preliminary games in a remarkable 15 seconds, with only Patrick Thompson having a faster solve time. Murray then nicknamed him "The T-Rex" as a nod to his dominant gameplay through his heats. As a final send off per a promise made by Murray, Charlie performed one final trick: the memorising and then solving of a Rubik's Cube blindfolded in the studio after the game was finished. Harrison achieved it in a remarkable 26 seconds to debatably one-up Savage's achievement, which had the memorisation time separate to the clock starting.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
8776 27/05/2026 P Kay Powick 39 – 138 Charlie Harrison Colin Murray Rachel Riley Amber Gill Susie Dent 159
8777 28/05/2026 P Charlie Harrison 106 – 22 Graham Brown Colin Murray Rachel Riley Amber Gill Susie Dent 125
8778 29/05/2026 P Charlie Harrison 121 – 48 David Puckridge Colin Murray Rachel Riley Amber Gill Susie Dent 125
8779 01/06/2026 P Charlie Harrison 124 – 34 Diane Hughes Colin Murray Rachel Riley John Thomson Susie Dent 136
8780 02/06/2026 P Charlie Harrison 115 – 79 Lance Clarke Colin Murray Rachel Riley John Thomson Susie Dent 126
8781 03/06/2026 P Charlie Harrison 117 – 59 Keith Albans Colin Murray Rachel Riley John Thomson Susie Dent 131
8782 04/06/2026 P Charlie Harrison 112 – 37 Matthew Owen Colin Murray Rachel Riley John Thomson Susie Dent 126
8783 05/06/2026 P Charlie Harrison 120 – 46 Colin Mitchell Colin Murray Rachel Riley John Thomson Susie Dent 131

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