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Caleb Cao

3×3 · top 1.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024CAOC01

Caleb Cao has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.80, set at West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 722nd in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since November 2024, he has put 550 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.14 in November 2024 to 6.80, a 58% improvement. Caleb has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.1% of 288,433 all-time
6.80
signature single · West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026
550
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.808.92
top 1.1%722 / 60,666
Skewb2.172.95
top 1.8%274 / 19,164
Pyraminx2.555.02
top 2.3%626 / 29,168
Clock4.415.32
top 3.1%267 / 9,172
4×431.1333.18
top 3.6%579 / 19,354
2×21.822.75
top 3.7%1,486 / 41,674
3×3 one-handed15.3719.55
top 8.9%1,209 / 15,900
Megaminx58.321:05.01
top 9.2%653 / 8,026
Square-111.7815.11
top 9.4%677 / 6,846
5×51:07.441:20.54
top 10.0%795 / 9,537
6×63:19.763:31.03
top 50.5%1,919 / 4,262
7×75:43.185:57.83
top 63.6%1,947 / 3,236

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

UCSD Fall 2024: 16.14CETis 156 Broncos 2025: 13.53Burbank Big Cubes 2025: 11.04Nub Open Mission Viejo Spring 2025: 8.64West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025: 9.13UCLA Summer 2025: 10.55Mission Viejo Fall 2025: 7.65Temecula Valley Winter 2025: 9.50Super Duper San Diego 2026: 8.93Agoura Winter 2026: 8.84Simi Mini B 2026: 9.37UCSD TritoNxN 2026: 8.88West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026: 6.80Agoura Summer 2026: 8.65Temecula Valley Back To School 2026: 8.526.8016.1423 Nov 202422 Aug 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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.