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Caini Huang (黄彩妮)

3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016HUAN33

Caini Huang (黄彩妮) has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.51, set at Shantou Open 2017, puts her in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,425th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2016, she has put 67 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 17.06 in August 2016 to 8.51, a 50% improvement. Caini has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.51
signature single · Shantou Open 2017
67
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.5110.80
top 3.8%1,425 / 28,153
4×438.2542.16
top 10.1%1,063 / 5,926
Skewb4.184.97
top 12.2%728 / 5,004
2×23.596.58
top 21.3%3,513 / 15,796
Pyraminx6.579.71
top 24.4%2,770 / 10,224

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

Shantou Open 2016: 17.06Shantou Open 2017: 8.51Shantou Open 2018: 10.328.5117.067 Aug 201628 Oct 2018

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.25 away.

Targets move as she improves.