People · United States
Caden Coates
Pyraminx · top 3.5% of 130,891 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023COAT01
Caden Coates has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.96, set at Bowling Green Fall 2026, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 944th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since September 2023, he has put 530 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.55 in September 2023 to 11.08, a 71% improvement. Caden has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.96 | 4.41 | top 3.5% | 944 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 1.99 | 4.03 | top 4.7% | 1,912 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 11.08 | 14.01 | top 10.8% | 5,902 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 4.25 | 7.94 | top 12.7% | 1,991 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 7.86 | 10.94 | top 14.4% | 1,139 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.92 | 34.18 | top 31.4% | 4,109 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 56.86 | 1:07.78 | top 33.1% | 5,336 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 1:45.40 | 1:48.95 | top 37.9% | 2,784 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 1:53.18 | 2:12.42 | top 44.9% | 3,754 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 48.91 | — | top 75.1% | 5,023 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:49.37 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,633 / 2,128 | |
| 6×6 | 5:04.36 | — | top 82.4% | 3,365 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 9:03.99 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,090 / 3,236 |
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
- 29 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at 4x4 Off US-40 IL 2026.
- 5 Jun 2026Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026.
- 4 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Racine Rendezvous 2026.
- 8 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Best in West Lafayette 2025.
- 20 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.34 at Washtenaw Slow Fall 2025.
- 20 Sep 2025Six personal bests in one day at Washtenaw Slow Fall 2025.
Competitions
- Bowling Green Fall 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Hancock County NxNs 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- 4x4 Off US-40 IL 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Michigan Mini 43 2026 · 7 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026 · 5 Jun 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Racine Rendezvous 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Evanston Fall Favorites B 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Best in West Lafayette 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Oldham County Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Washtenaw Slow Fall 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubing in Terredise 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Ohio State Summer 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Minxville Indiana 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Goshen Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- South Bend Scramble 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Southern Indiana Qualifier 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- The Core of Hobart 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in Campbellsville 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Get to Work Chicagoland 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
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.
- Luke Garrett — met in 99 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lucy Grace Bryson — met in 97 rounds, never finished ahead
- Emery McFeeter — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
Targets move as he improves.