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Caleb Yao (姚英華)

3×3 · top 0.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018YAOC02

Caleb Yao (姚英華) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.91, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 58 - Berkeley 2024, puts him in the top 0.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 64th in the United States. Until November 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 70 competitions since September 2018, he has put 2,677 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.95 in September 2018 to 4.91, an 82% improvement. Caleb has entered 70 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.1% of 284,439 all-time
4.91
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 58 - Berkeley 2024
2,677
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×34.916.66
top 0.1%64 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed9.3412.03
top 0.66%103 / 15,683
2×21.121.75
top 0.82%340 / 40,951
Pyraminx2.083.85
top 1.3%351 / 28,708
Square-16.789.18
top 1.5%115 / 6,743
4×431.0539.89
top 3.5%559 / 19,072
Skewb3.324.88
top 6.7%1,031 / 18,907
Clock5.907.83
top 6.9%540 / 8,927
Megaminx1:03.661:13.27
top 11.9%805 / 7,841
5×51:18.451:26.82
top 17.9%1,376 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded1:24.272:56.00
top 21.1%430 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves37.67
top 26.7%586 / 2,040
6×63:25.663:32.51
top 53.0%2,001 / 4,196
7×77:15.92—
early days — 3 solves2,616 / 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

Berkeley Summer 2018: 27.95SacCubing VI 2019: 17.24Berkeley Spring 2019: 12.15Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019: 10.94SacCubing VIII 2019: 11.64Bay Area Speedcubin' 21 2019: 10.77SacCubing IX 2020: 10.88SacCubing XI 2022: 8.80Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022: 9.61Bay Area Speedcubin' 31B - Mill Valley 2022: 9.16Bay Area Speedcubin' 32 LIVE - SSF 2022: 8.24Bay Area Speedcubin' 34 - San Ramon 2022: 8.96Bay Area Speedcubin' 35 - Pacifica 2022: 7.62SacCubing XII 2022: 6.70WCC Western Championship 2022: 7.43Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022: 8.06Bay Area Speedcubin' 40 - San Ramon 2022: 7.08SacCubing XIII 2023: 7.71Berkeley Winter B 2023: 5.95Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023: 6.84Berkeley Spring 2023: 7.27Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023: 6.89SacCubing XIV 2023: 7.32Honolulu H-Perm Hōʻike 2023: 6.45Bay Area Speedcubin' 47 - Berkeley Pride 2023: 6.97Reno Summer 2023: 6.06Claws Up Summer 2023: 7.00Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023: 6.53CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 6.69CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 7.26Reno Fall 2023: 6.57SacCubing XV 2023: 6.19Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023: 6.11Davis Fall 2023: 6.74Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023: 6.72Berkeley Fall 2023: 6.70Claws Up Winter 2023: 7.17SacCubing XVI 2024: 7.23Davis Winter 2024: 5.95Bay Area Speedcubin' 58 - Berkeley 2024: 4.91EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2024: 6.64Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024: 6.95Claws Up Final Touchdown 2024: 5.11SacCubing XVII 2024: 7.25Berkeley Summer 2024: 7.12Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 6.91SacCubing XVIII 2024: 6.47Bay Area Speedcubin' 65 - Berkeley 2024: 6.58Davis Fall 2024: 6.46Cool Down Berkeley 2024: 6.27Bay Area Speedcubin' 67 - San Ramon 2025: 6.24SacCubing XIX 2025: 7.57Rock-Cube-Lin Qualifier 2025: 6.70SacCubing XX 2025: 6.67Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 6.21Hawaiian Island Tour - Kona 2025: 5.55Hawaiian Island Tour - Waimea 2025: 6.64Hawaiian Island Tour - Hilo 2025: 6.88Berkeley September Weekday 2025: 6.03San Ramon Fall 2025: 6.28SacCubing XXI 2025: 6.15Berkeley Fall 2025: 6.69Berkeley October Weekday 2025: 6.98SacCubing XXII 2026: 5.91Berkeley February Weekday 2026: 5.10UO Valentine's Day 2026: 6.44Berkeley Favorites 2026: 7.00Berkeley Spring 2026: 6.42Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026: 5.914.9127.9515 Sep 201829 Aug 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.

  • Jason Ostdiek — met in 356 rounds, finished ahead 144 times
  • Paul Mahvi — met in 348 rounds, finished ahead 116 times
  • Chris Martin — met in 321 rounds, finished ahead 285 times

Next targets

  • A sub-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 1.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.