People · United States
Caden Vining
3×3 · top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022VINI03
Caden Vining has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.86, set at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,891st in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2022, he has put 167 official solves on the record across five 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 11.79 in October 2022 to 9.86, a 16% improvement. Caden has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 9.86 | 11.91 | top 7.1% | 3,891 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.31 | 3.41 | top 7.1% | 2,838 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 48.97 | 53.04 | top 23.4% | 3,566 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:30.75 | 1:53.36 | top 28.7% | 1,990 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 2:04.15 | 2:09.73 | top 51.8% | 4,363 / 9,401 |
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
- 2 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.86 at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024.
- 1 Oct 2022First competition: Cube More in Ardmore 2022. A 16.37 3×3 single to start from.
- 1 Oct 2022First sub-15 3×3: 11.79 at Cube More in Ardmore 2022.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- UCO Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Oklahoma Fall 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Twisters in Tulsa 2023 · 23 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Arkansolve 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Texas Championship 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cube More in Ardmore 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 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.
- Zachary Walden — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Jake Maddox — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Lydia Workman — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.