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Caden Liu

3×3 · top 0.089% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022LIUC02

Caden Liu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.82, set at Australian Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 0.089% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Australia. Until November 2016, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since October 2022, he has put 915 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.29 in October 2022 to 4.82, a 64% improvement. Caden has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.089% of 288,433 all-time
4.82
signature single · Australian Nationals 2026
915
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×34.825.92
top 0.089%10 / 11,943
2×20.671.51
top 0.094%21 / 8,727
4×423.9226.91
top 0.49%14 / 3,108
Pyraminx1.983.73
top 1.1%62 / 6,109
5×549.3654.39
top 1.6%21 / 1,412
3×3 one-handed11.0713.56
top 1.9%50 / 2,685
Skewb2.534.61
top 3.0%106 / 3,589
Square-110.2614.42
top 6.6%71 / 920
Megaminx56.961:03.07
top 8.5%113 / 1,313
6×61:53.391:54.61
top 8.5%50 / 667
Clock9.8512.13
top 24.2%287 / 1,159

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

Marrickville Mini Open PM 2022: 13.29North Sydney Cube Day 2023: 9.34Marrickville Mini May Open 2023: 7.62Simple Sydney Saturday 2023: 7.27Sydney Summer 2023: 6.47G'day Maitland 2024: 5.90Tramsheds I: Newcomer Sunday 2024: 6.64Kogarah Cube Day Saturday 2024: 5.33Australian Nationals 2024: 5.41Tramsheds III: August Saturday 2024: 5.06Sydney Spring Saturday 2024: 5.12Tramsheds IV: Summer Saturday 2025: 5.64NSW State Championship 2025: 5.52Tramsheds V: Autumn Saturday 2025: 5.30Tramsheds VI: Winter Saturday 2025: 5.38Australian Nationals 2025: 5.11Cubing at The Cube 2026: 5.01Puzzling Parramatta 2026: 5.47Tramsheds IX: June Sunday 2026: 5.67Australian Nationals 2026: 4.82Tramsheds X: Winter Sunday 2026: 5.16Sydney Cubing Decathlon 2026: 5.864.8213.2916 Oct 20222 Oct 2026

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 3×3 single — 41 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 46 people have one; it is 3.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.