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Caleb Hoffman

3×3 · top 0.63% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016HOFF03

Caleb Hoffman has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.22, set at Never Stop Turning AZ 2023, puts him in the top 0.63% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 416th in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since April 2016, he has put 1,213 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.37 in April 2016 to 6.22, a 62% improvement. Caleb has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.63% of 284,439 all-time
6.22
signature single · Never Stop Turning AZ 2023
1,213
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.228.78
top 0.63%416 / 59,724
4×433.3835.75
top 5.3%813 / 19,072
2×22.093.37
top 5.4%2,134 / 40,951
5×51:03.551:06.83
top 7.5%593 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed15.7720.48
top 9.7%1,289 / 15,683
Skewb3.948.91
top 10.5%1,609 / 18,907
6×62:12.502:20.05
top 16.6%594 / 4,196
Square-116.6526.36
top 20.1%1,355 / 6,743
Megaminx1:21.591:36.63
top 22.9%1,574 / 7,841
7×73:50.364:15.19
top 27.3%767 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves45.67
early days — 3 solves738 / 2,040
Pyraminx8.8210.99
top 43.3%12,388 / 28,708
Clock14.9119.16
top 47.6%3,859 / 8,927

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

St. Francis II: GYM 2016: 16.37AZCubing Spring 2016: 15.19TFTI San Diego 2016: 15.94AZCubing Summer 2016: 12.88Newport Fall 2016: 14.13AZCubing Fall 2016: 12.25AZCubing Winter 2017: 11.31AZCubing Spring 2017: 8.86Cubing Comp at Hamilton 2017: 9.61CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 8.96AZCubing Summer 2017: 8.46AZCubing Hamilton Fall 2017: 9.37Cubic Meltdown 2017: 7.97AZCubing Hamilton Winter 2018: 7.87Howland Winter 2018: 9.54CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 8.42AZCubing Open 2018: 8.60AZCubing Spring 2019: 9.04AZCubing Summer 2019: 8.99AZCubing Winter 2019: 9.84AZCubing Winter 2022: 8.52Arizona Speedcubing Spring 2023: 8.35You Only Need a 3x3 AZ 2023: 7.70Never Stop Turning AZ 2023: 6.22Cubing in Glendale 2023: 7.43Arizona Speedcubing Summer 2023: 8.14Bring the Heat AZ 2023: 8.83CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 7.54Phoenix Cubing Open 2023: 7.59Bring the Heat AZ 2024: 8.69Cubing at the Peak AZ 2025: 7.34Arizona Championship 2026: 8.116.2216.3724 Apr 201617 Jan 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 — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.