People · United States
Cade Martin
3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016MART27
Cade Martin has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.28, set at Battle Ground 2025, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,009th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since April 2016, he has put 282 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 45.67 in April 2016 to 7.28, an 84% improvement. Cade has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.28 | 9.67 | top 1.7% | 1,009 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 1.54 | 3.19 | top 2.3% | 920 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.41 | 21.60 | top 13.6% | 1,766 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 5.44 | 9.35 | top 21.5% | 3,432 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.89 | 1:16.25 | top 38.5% | 6,243 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.80 | 13.69 | top 71.8% | 21,264 / 28,708 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.94 at Bothell Spring Open 2023.
- 5 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Mudd Fall 2019.
- 19 May 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.19 at A Bruin Cube Day 2018.
- 7 Oct 2017First sub-30 3×3: 19.80 at Newport Fall 2017.
- 7 Oct 2017First sub-20 3×3: 19.80 at Newport Fall 2017.
- 24 Apr 2016First competition: St. Francis II: GYM 2016. A 45.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Don't DNF Dallas OR 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Battle Ground 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hillsboro Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025
- Couve Cubing Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- PortlaNxNd 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Odd Olympia 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bothell Spring Open 2023 · 17 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Mudd Fall 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- SacCubing VI 2019 · 5 Jan 2019
- West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018 · 11 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- A Bruin Cube Day 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Newport Fall 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Poly Cubed 2016 · 7 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- St. Francis II: GYM 2016 · 24 Apr 2016
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.
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Steph Prze — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Clancy Caster — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.