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Cael Loertscher

3×3 · top 15.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019LOER01

Cael Loertscher has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.57, set at Utah State University Fall 2025, puts him in the top 15.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,530th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since June 2019, he has put 192 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.30 in June 2019 to 12.57, a 12% improvement. Cael has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.9% of 284,439 all-time
12.57
signature single · Utah State University Fall 2025
192
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.5714.44
top 15.9%8,530 / 59,724
2×24.125.69
top 28.0%11,075 / 40,951
Pyraminx7.1211.38
top 28.8%7,968 / 28,708
4×41:03.921:12.27
top 40.6%6,613 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed28.3236.81
top 42.7%5,751 / 15,683
Megaminx1:55.292:06.91
top 43.3%3,154 / 7,841
Square-142.241:00.62
top 68.1%4,475 / 6,743
5×52:41.25
early days — 2 solves6,253 / 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

Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2019: 14.30Resticker Utah 2019: 16.12Tooele Open B 2025: 14.67Back to School Utah 2025: 13.39Davis County Showdown 2025: 13.23Utah State University Fall 2025: 12.57Utah Snowball Bash 2025: 12.9712.5716.1215 Jun 201913 Dec 2025

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.