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Cade Lopez

3×3 · top 12.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023LOPE28

Cade Lopez has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.62, set at Beachside Auckland 2024, puts him in the top 12.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 260th in New Zealand. Across 3 competitions since April 2023, he has put 25 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.74 in April 2023 to 11.62, a 34% improvement. Cade has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.6% of 284,439 all-time
11.62
signature single · Beachside Auckland 2024
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×311.6213.86
top 12.6%260 / 2,095
2×27.728.80
top 65.9%1,088 / 1,615

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

Palmerston North 2023: 17.74Tauranga Open 2023: 14.52Beachside Auckland 2024: 11.6211.6217.7416 Apr 20236 Apr 2024

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.

  • Cory Sonntag — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Yuki Gao — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Memo Gao — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.