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Caiden Lee

3×3 · top 0.13% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022LEEC02

Caiden Lee has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.07, set at Lakewood Spring 2026, puts him in the top 0.13% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 91st in the United States. Until November 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since May 2022, he has put 651 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.54 in May 2022 to 5.07, a 41% improvement. Caiden has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.13% of 284,439 all-time
5.07
signature single · Lakewood Spring 2026
651
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×35.076.18
top 0.13%91 / 59,724
2×20.921.79
top 0.41%175 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed11.3314.29
top 2.2%354 / 15,683
Square-18.2913.02
top 3.4%250 / 6,743
4×432.5946.37
top 4.6%736 / 19,072
Pyraminx5.238.01
top 14.6%3,836 / 28,708
5×51:23.831:32.40
top 22.2%1,720 / 9,401
Skewb6.4810.90
top 29.6%4,850 / 18,907
Megaminx3:58.63—
early days — 2 solves7,229 / 7,841

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 2022: 8.54SnoCo Favorites 2022: 9.13Bellevue Cubing for Children's 2022: 7.66Spokane Fall 2022: 6.88Tri Cities Fall 2022: 7.48Washington Championship 2023: 7.53Lakewood Spring 2023: 6.35Spokane Winter 2023: 6.60Back To Tri-Cities 2024: 6.87Husky Pride Seattle 2024: 6.79Tacoma Summer 2024: 6.08Idaho Championship 2024: 6.12Spokane Winter 2025: 5.24Bellevue Squan Fest January 2025: 6.06Central Washington Evens 2025: 5.65Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 6.13CdA Cube Clash 2025: 5.59Lakewood Fall 2025: 5.64Tri Cities Spring 2026: 6.17Lakewood Spring 2026: 5.07Oregon State Spring 2026: 5.715.079.1320 May 20222 May 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.