People · United States
Caleb Wen
3×3 · top 0.65% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022WENC03
Caleb Wen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.26, set at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023, puts him in the top 0.65% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 435th in the United States. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since September 2022, he has put 418 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Caleb has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 6.26 | 7.05 | top 0.65% | 435 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 1.17 | 1.94 | top 0.95% | 402 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.51 | 14.42 | top 1.4% | 224 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 31.03 | 37.94 | top 3.5% | 556 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:21.31 | 1:26.55 | top 20.1% | 1,574 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 6.38 | 10.17 | top 28.7% | 4,722 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 24.04 | 27.35 | top 36.9% | 2,397 / 6,743 |
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
- 3 Sep 2022First competition: Pretzel Mania 2022. A 8.19 3×3 single to start from.
- 3 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania 2022.
Competitions
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- River Hill Fall 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Gaithersburg Back to School 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Fall 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Will Venuti — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 67 times
- Blake Thompson — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
- Will Callan — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.