People · United States
Caden Coates
2×2 · top 4.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023COAT01
Caden Coates has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.99, set at Cubing in Terredise 2025, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,867th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since September 2023, he has put 474 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.55 in September 2023 to 11.76, a 69% improvement. Caden has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.99 | 4.09 | top 4.7% | 1,867 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.38 | 4.41 | top 5.0% | 1,301 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 4.25 | 7.94 | top 12.7% | 1,962 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 11.76 | 14.01 | top 13.1% | 7,002 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 7.86 | 10.94 | top 14.5% | 1,117 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.92 | 34.18 | top 31.3% | 4,048 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 58.84 | 1:11.29 | top 35.2% | 5,672 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:45.40 | 1:48.95 | top 37.8% | 2,715 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 2:09.65 | 2:24.32 | top 55.2% | 4,662 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 48.91 | — | top 75.1% | 4,954 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:49.37 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,608 / 2,092 | |
| 6×6 | 5:04.36 | — | top 82.3% | 3,309 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 9:03.99 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,041 / 3,184 |
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
- 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 91 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lucy Grace Bryson — met in 91 rounds, never finished ahead
- Thamaneeswar Sathesh Kumar — met in 68 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.