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Kade Martin
3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025MART98
Kade Martin has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.47, set at King of Prussia Spring 2026, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,150th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2025, he has put 270 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.82 in September 2025 to 7.47, a 31% improvement. Kade has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 7.47 | 8.98 | top 1.9% | 1,150 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 1.66 | 2.56 | top 2.9% | 1,121 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.16 | 4.02 | top 4.2% | 1,106 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.82 | 18.58 | top 12.1% | 1,581 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 8.27 | 8.89 | top 16.5% | 1,253 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 46.13 | 48.86 | top 19.7% | 2,996 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 6.29 | 7.79 | top 28.0% | 4,577 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:54.27 | — | top 42.7% | 3,111 / 7,841 |
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
- 25 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Elmsford Extravaganza III 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Ephrata Spring 2026.
- 7 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at Lodi Solves Spring 2026.
- 18 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.59 at UMBC Fall 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at UMBC Fall 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025First competition: Ephrata Fall 2025. A 11.69 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Elmsford Extravaganza III 2026 · 25 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Mid-Atlantic Warm-Up 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- New Providence Spring PM 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ephrata Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- King of Prussia Spring 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Lodi Solves Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- UMBC Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Ephrata Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 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.
- Yuki Nagai — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Rex Ozsvath — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Milan Vincent Andric — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.