People · China
Cai Ying (应才)
4×4 · top 2.8% of 83,917 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014YING01
Cai Ying (应才) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 30.01, set at Deqing Big & Blind 2026, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 275th in China. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since May 2014, he has put 768 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.05 in May 2014 to 8.87, a 45% improvement. Cai has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 30.01 | 35.99 | top 2.8% | 275 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 55.04 | 1:04.98 | top 3.4% | 151 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 | 8.87 | 10.39 | top 4.6% | 1,744 / 28,153 | |
| 6×6 | 1:48.30 | 1:57.28 | top 6.5% | 148 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 2:46.92 | 2:52.84 | top 7.0% | 148 / 1,261 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.18 | 6.87 | top 8.6% | 1,031 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.41 | 19.09 | top 9.0% | 852 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 2.98 | 4.47 | top 14.0% | 2,191 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 244 / 1,058 | |
| Megaminx | 1:24.38 | 1:39.76 | top 24.6% | 752 / 1,678 | |
| Skewb | 6.47 | 11.64 | top 29.5% | 1,816 / 5,004 | |
| Clock | 15.76 | 17.79 | top 50.9% | 1,192 / 1,843 |
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
- 7 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at Xianju NxN 2026.
- 30 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Huzhou Open 2024.
- 21 Dec 2019Five personal bests in one day at Shaoxing Open 2019.
- 9 Nov 2019Four personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Autumn 2019.
- 20 Jan 2018Three personal bests in one day at Shanghai Winter 2018.
- 3 Dec 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.20 at Dalian Winter 2017.
Competitions
- Deqing Big & Blind 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Xianju NxN 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Lishui Open 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Deqing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open PM 2021 · 18 Apr 2021
- Shaoxing Open 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Autumn 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Dalian Open 2018 · 27 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Winter 2018 · 20 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Dalian Winter 2017 · 3 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2017 · 5 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Wuxi Open 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Jinhua Open 2016 · 6 Aug 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Shenyang Open 2016 · 23 Apr 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Shanghai Summer Open 2015 · 30 Aug 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Wuxi Open 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2015 · 12 Jul 2015 — 7 personal bests set
- Zhejiang University Open 2014 · 24 May 2014
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.
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Zian Song (宋子安) — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 5.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.