People · China
Caijie Yan (颜才杰)
3×3 · top 12.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015YANC03
Caijie Yan (颜才杰) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.50, set at Xuchang Open 2017, puts him in the top 12.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,786th in China. Across 6 competitions since December 2015, he has put 136 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.20 in December 2015 to 11.50, a 33% improvement. Caijie has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.50 | 13.63 | top 12.2% | 4,786 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 44.15 | 51.44 | top 17.2% | 1,861 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.15 | 24.93 | top 20.9% | 2,079 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 3.95 | 5.55 | top 25.9% | 4,353 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:15.12 | — | top 38.3% | 556 / 1,183 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.97 | 1:50.18 | top 38.3% | 1,730 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 3:08.63 | 3:20.23 | early days — 3 solves | 874 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 5:10.07 | 5:23.62 | early days — 3 solves | 928 / 1,261 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.50 | 14.73 | top 64.0% | 6,495 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 2 cubes · 12:43 | — | early days — 1 solve | 183 / 278 |
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
- 24 Sep 2017Four personal bests in one day at Xuchang Open 2017.
- 1 Oct 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.00 at Asian Championship 2016.
- 1 Oct 2016Three personal bests in one day at Asian Championship 2016.
- 5 Dec 2015First competition: Tianjin Winter Open 2015. A 17.20 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018 · 25 Mar 2018
- Xuchang Open 2017 · 24 Sep 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Coconut Island Open 2017 · 6 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhan NxN Open 2017 · 20 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Tianjin Winter Open 2015 · 5 Dec 2015
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.
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Xiaowei Wang (王晓伟) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 4.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.