People · United States
Caden Ellmann
3×3 · top 26.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025ELLM01
Caden Ellmann has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.64, set at Two Buffalo Cube Days 2026, puts him in the top 26.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,809th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since September 2025, he has put 111 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.94 in September 2025 to 15.64, a 35% improvement. Caden has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 15.64 | 20.19 | top 26.7% | 14,809 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.00 | 9.22 | top 27.9% | 7,769 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 13.12 | 16.59 | top 40.1% | 3,267 / 9,172 | |
| 2×2 | 5.47 | 6.48 | top 45.0% | 18,469 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.31 | 42.24 | top 51.9% | 7,271 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 32.65 | 37.97 | top 54.5% | 3,645 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 2:21.65 | — | top 57.4% | 4,415 / 8,026 | |
| Skewb | 10.99 | 12.55 | top 60.8% | 11,337 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 2:20.17 | — | top 61.2% | 5,335 / 9,537 | |
| 4×4 | 1:43.62 | — | top 73.1% | 13,391 / 19,354 | |
| 6×6 | 5:35.09 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,662 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 7:53.29 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,858 / 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
- 14 Aug 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026.
- 17 Jan 2026First sub-20 3×3: 16.79 at Two Buffalo Cube Days 2026.
- 17 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Two Buffalo Cube Days 2026.
- 27 Sep 2025First competition: Ephrata Fall 2025. A 26.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Two Buffalo Cube Days 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Ephrata Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Yili Yi — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jake Oppedisano — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ethan Qiu — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.