Charlie Harrison

Charlie Harrison octochamp statistics
Final position	TBC
Seeding	TBC
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 actually 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 in his heats, he did secure seven further fantastic victories, which were also all centuries, and after his seventh win, it officially confirmed his qualification for the end-of-series finals just under two weeks later.

The further nine-letter words that he managed to spot in his heats 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 final heat opponent Colin Mitchell, he broke into the 900 club with a final total of 953, pulling clear of fellow Rubik's cuber Harry Savage, and tying Arthur Page's total, to set himself up as the almost certain No. 2 seed for the end-of-series finals later in June.

Some memorable facts of Charlie's run include his matching of Ahmed Mohamed's stat for rounds maxed in an octorun with 94 out of 120. He also became only the fifteenth person ever to have solved all eight conundrums in their preliminary games, which he did in a remarkable 14.25 seconds. Only fellow Series 93 octochamp Patrick Thompson has a faster solve time. Murray then nicknamed Charlie "The T-Rex" as a nod to his dominant gameplay through his heats. As a final send off, per a promise made by Colin Murray if Harrison won eight games, Charlie had one final trick. This was memorising, and then solving a Rubik's Cube blindfolded in the studio after the game was finished, which Harrison achieved in a remarkable 26 seconds to debatably one-up Harry 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				Lucy Summers	Amber Gill	Susie Dent	159
8777	28/05/2026	P	Charlie Harrison	106 – 22	Graham Brown	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Amber Gill	Susie Dent	125
8778	29/05/2026	P	Charlie Harrison	121 – 48	David Puckridge	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Amber Gill	Susie Dent	125
8779	01/06/2026	P	Charlie Harrison	124 – 34	Diane Hughes	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Thomson	Susie Dent	136
8780	02/06/2026	P	Charlie Harrison	115 – 79	Lance Clarke	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Thomson	Susie Dent	126
8781	03/06/2026	P	Charlie Harrison	117 – 59	Keith Albans	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Thomson	Susie Dent	131
8782	04/06/2026	P	Charlie Harrison	112 – 37	Matthew Owen	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Thomson	Susie Dent	126
8783	05/06/2026	P	Charlie Harrison	120 – 46	Colin Mitchell	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Thomson	Susie Dent	131