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Ethan Caalim

3×3 · top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022CAAL01

Ethan Caalim has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.91, set at Freo Cube-Off 2025, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 136th in Australia. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since September 2022, he has put 1,284 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.22 in September 2022 to 6.91, a 48% improvement. Ethan has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time
6.91
signature single · Freo Cube-Off 2025
1,284
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×36.918.97
top 1.2%136 / 11,709
3×3 one-handed10.8913.48
top 1.7%44 / 2,659
2×21.413.35
top 1.8%155 / 8,567
Square-17.489.24
top 2.3%29 / 899
Skewb2.354.89
top 2.4%83 / 3,534
Pyraminx4.027.28
top 7.8%356 / 5,993
Clock6.847.79
top 10.3%123 / 1,095
4×441.8945.96
top 14.4%357 / 3,051
5×51:18.491:25.53
top 17.9%241 / 1,356
Megaminx1:17.511:44.84
top 20.2%242 / 1,277
6×62:56.263:41.04
top 39.2%246 / 641
7×75:10.515:27.28
top 54.0%265 / 523

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

Australian Nationals 2022: 13.22Perth Summer 2023: 12.57Freo Cube-Off 2023: 11.84Mandurah Mayhem 2023: 10.59Perth Time Trial 2023: 10.12Scarborough Skewb-Off 2023: 8.90WA Open 2023: 10.39Speedy South Perth 2023: 8.97Murdoch University Open 2024: 10.08Freo Cube-Off 2024: 9.16Going Fast in Guildford 2024: 8.85Perth Autumn 2024: 7.95Only 3x3s in Perth 2024: 9.79Move It Midland 2024: 9.77Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 8.94Perth Puzzle Party 2025: 9.14Freo Cube-Off 2025: 6.91Keep Up Karrinyup 2025: 8.22Perth Autumn 2025: 8.17Perth Winter 2025: 8.93WA State Championship 2025: 8.03Move It Midland 2025: 8.59Perth Summer 2026: 7.91Good Solves in Gibson Park 2026: 9.40Only Cubes in Scarborough 2026: 7.61Freo Cube-Off 2026: 8.22Perth Puzzle Party 2026: 7.96Winding Down in Willetton 2026: 7.236.9113.2230 Sep 202215 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.

  • Amy Smith — met in 267 rounds, finished ahead 60 times
  • Tyler Williams — met in 249 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
  • Jaxon Foster — met in 243 rounds, finished ahead 61 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.