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Caiyuan Tian (田才元)

3×3 · top 42.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2011 · 2011TIAN01

Caiyuan Tian (田才元) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.96, set at Shanghai Summer 2012, puts him in the top 42.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,382nd in China. Across 4 competitions since January 2011, he has put 31 official solves on the record across three events. His 2×2 best has come down from 13.03 in January 2011 to 5.84, a 55% improvement. Caiyuan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 42.6% of 284,439 all-time
20.96
signature single · Shanghai Summer 2012
31
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×320.9625.49
top 42.6%14,382 / 28,153
2×25.8412.41
top 49.2%8,417 / 15,796
Pyraminx10.0216.11
top 53.1%5,552 / 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

Changzhou Spring Festival Open 2011: 13.03Nanjing Spring 2012: 5.84Shanghai Summer 2012: 7.365.8413.0323 Jan 201121 Jul 2012

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.