People · United States
Caleb Naeger
3×3 · top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025NAEG01
Caleb Naeger has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.64, set at ROC the Cube NY 2025, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,118th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since February 2025, he has put 118 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.59 in February 2025 to 10.64, a 22% 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 | 10.64 | 11.79 | top 9.4% | 5,118 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.00 | 5.60 | top 14.2% | 5,587 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.60 | 26.23 | top 30.4% | 3,934 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 59.18 | 1:04.96 | top 35.6% | 5,736 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:22.21 | 2:38.56 | top 62.1% | 5,362 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:57.79 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,632 / 2,092 |
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
- 21 Jun 2025Five personal bests in one day at ROC the Cube NY 2025.
- 7 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at One-Handed Open NY 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025First competition: Blizzard Blitz NY 2025. A 13.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Brockport Bolt 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- ROC the Cube NY 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- One-Handed Open NY 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Buffalo 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Blizzard Blitz NY 2025 · 15 Feb 2025
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.
- Adelynn Neal — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jake Oppedisano — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Louis Truong — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.