People · Canada
Caden Ly
3×3 · top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016LYCA01
Caden Ly has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.04, set at Pickering Favourites Fall 2023, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 477th in Canada. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since June 2016, he has put 212 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 50.18 in June 2016 to 9.04, an 82% improvement. Caden has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.04 | 12.17 | top 4.9% | 477 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.15 | 4.84 | top 5.8% | 375 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 38.39 | 49.42 | top 10.2% | 240 / 3,118 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.62 | 1:37.98 | top 21.2% | 249 / 1,499 | |
| Skewb | 5.96 | 15.71 | top 25.4% | 612 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.52 | 35.82 | top 38.1% | 842 / 2,620 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.67 | 13.98 | top 42.0% | 1,942 / 4,858 | |
| Megaminx | 2:30.57 | 3:03.53 | top 61.3% | 736 / 1,375 | |
| Square-1 | 55.42 | 1:01.57 | top 80.6% | 748 / 952 |
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
- 1 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.04 at Pickering Favourites Fall 2023.
- 1 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Pickering Favourites Fall 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pickering A 2023.
- 22 Jun 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.71 at Newmarket Open 2019.
- 22 Jun 2019Four personal bests in one day at Newmarket Open 2019.
- 29 Sep 2018Four personal bests in one day at Oakville Limited Fall 2018.
Competitions
- Pickering NxNxN Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Greater Toronto 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pickering Favourites Fall 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Pickering A 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Newmarket Open 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Oakville Limited Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- No 3x3x3 Mississauga 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Newmarket Open 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Oakville Limited Spring 2018 · 28 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Toronto Limited Summer 2016 · 20 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Newmarket Open 2016 · 18 Jun 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.
- Nicholas Patterson — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brennen Lin — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Max Murphy — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.