People · United States
Caleb Carlson
3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022CARL03
Caleb Carlson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.90, set at DuPage Fall 2024, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,579th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2022, he has put 162 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.11 in April 2022 to 8.90, a 45% improvement. Caleb has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 8.90 | 10.28 | top 4.6% | 2,579 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.24 | 4.16 | top 6.5% | 2,588 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.94 | 8.09 | top 19.5% | 5,215 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 49.95 | 53.96 | top 24.7% | 3,771 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 7.60 | 10.07 | top 38.3% | 6,564 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 15.16 | 18.49 | top 48.5% | 3,950 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 2:00.65 | 2:04.56 | top 49.6% | 4,164 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.09 | 48.97 | top 68.2% | 9,748 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 3:06.13 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,990 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 4:38.84 | 4:40.14 | early days — 3 solves | 3,059 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 9:46.12 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,125 / 3,184 |
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
- 28 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.90 at DuPage Fall 2024.
- 28 Sep 2024Five personal bests in one day at DuPage Fall 2024.
- 8 Oct 2022First sub-15 3×3: 11.61 at Mt. Prospect Open 2022.
- 29 Apr 2022First competition: CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022. A 16.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Skewb on the Madison Snow 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DuPage Fall 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- DuPage Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Mt. Prospect Open 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022 · 29 Apr 2022
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.
- Simon Kellum — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ant Irizarry — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Lucas Lippman-Bruno — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.