People · United States
Cayce Damschen
3×3 · top 3.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022DAMS01
Cayce Damschen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.41, set at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,052nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since November 2022, he has put 590 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.55 in November 2022 to 8.41, a 64% improvement. Cayce has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 8.41 | 10.33 | top 3.6% | 2,052 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.39 | 16.82 | top 5.1% | 733 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 34.93 | 36.86 | top 6.7% | 1,047 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 57.18 | 1:05.93 | top 8.6% | 608 / 8,026 | |
| 2×2 | 2.46 | 4.14 | top 8.6% | 3,415 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.62 | 6.06 | top 10.9% | 2,899 / 29,168 | |
| Square-1 | 12.57 | 15.96 | top 11.1% | 782 / 6,846 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.76 | 1:25.28 | top 17.5% | 1,375 / 9,537 | |
| Skewb | 6.90 | 8.32 | top 33.0% | 5,601 / 19,164 |
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
- 19 Sep 2026Four personal bests in one day at Iowa Championship 2026.
- 15 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2026.
- 22 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at St. Ansgar 2026.
- 1 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.49 at Cubing at Iowa State 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at Cubing at Iowa State 2025.
Competitions
- Iowa Championship 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026 · 22 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- St. Ansgar 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Cornfields IA 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at Iowa State 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Minnesota Championship 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- NxN Minnesota 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Iowa Fall 2022 · 19 Nov 2022
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.
- Kaius Young — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Brian Johnson — met in 88 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carter Kucala — met in 74 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 1.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.