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Caleb Lalik

2×2 · top 0.52% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023LALI01

Caleb Lalik has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.98, set at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.52% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 217th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 44 competitions since April 2023, he has put 2,023 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.99 in April 2023 to 6.29, a 37% improvement. Caleb has entered 44 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.52% of 186,767 all-time
0.98
signature single · Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026
2,023
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×20.981.49
top 0.52%217 / 40,951
3×36.298.05
top 0.68%446 / 59,724
Pyraminx1.963.48
top 1.1%300 / 28,708
Square-16.7610.60
top 1.5%114 / 6,743
Skewb2.053.92
top 1.5%226 / 18,907
4×429.1032.22
top 2.3%379 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed12.4116.05
top 3.6%538 / 15,683
3×3 blindfolded30.6638.74
top 4.3%83 / 2,092
Clock4.986.12
top 4.4%355 / 8,927
5×558.861:02.29
top 4.9%412 / 9,401
Megaminx52.1355.71
top 6.0%434 / 7,841
3×3 Multi-Blind18 of 21 cubes · 52:31—
top 8.1%59 / 731
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves31.00
top 9.9%229 / 2,040
6×61:58.332:03.73
top 10.3%368 / 4,196
7×73:23.103:34.50
top 17.3%483 / 3,184
4×4 blindfolded4:27.83—
early days — 1 solve68 / 440
5×5 blindfolded12:45.00—
early days — 1 solve61 / 218

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

Washtenaw Spring A 2023: 9.99Michigan Mini 4 2023: 9.09Michigan Mini 5 2023: 9.64Washtenaw Qualifier 2023: 9.98Flag City Summer 2023: 10.13Washtenaw Slow Summer 2023: 9.41Michigan Mini 8 2023: 8.65Michigan Mini 10 2023: 9.29Michigan Mini 12 2023: 7.93Michigan Mini 13 2024: 8.90Washtenaw Winter 2024: 8.06Michigan Mega Madness 2024: 8.18Washtenaw Spring 2024: 9.79Michigan Mini 18 2024: 7.80Michigan Mini 19 2024: 8.14Michigan Championship 2024: 7.95Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 8.11Michigan Mini 21 2024: 7.92Washtenaw Summer 2024: 7.55Washtenaw Mini 3 2024: 7.94Michigan Mini 26B 2024: 7.70Imagination Station A 2025: 7.87Washtenaw Winter 2025: 6.62Michigan Mini 28 2025: 7.47Bowling Green 2025: 6.61Michigan Mini 30 2025: 6.77Washtenaw Spring 2025: 7.09Plymouth Puzzle-Off 2025: 6.29Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 6.68Michigan Mini 33 2025: 7.35Cincinnati Open 2025: 6.93Michigan Championship 2025: 7.14Bowling Green Fall 2025: 8.16Imagination Station A 2026: 7.24Bowling Green Spring 2026: 9.05CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026: 7.69Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 7.636.2910.138 Apr 20232 Jul 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 0.29 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.