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Carol Chai

Pyraminx · top 0.34% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019CHAI04

Carol Chai has been competing for 7 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.43, set at New Zealand Nationals 2023, puts her in the top 0.34% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in New Zealand. Until March 2013, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since April 2019, she has put 1,883 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 29.68 in April 2019 to 6.44, a 78% improvement. Carol has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.34% of 129,321 all-time
1.43
signature single · New Zealand Nationals 2023
1,883
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
Pyraminx1.432.43
top 0.34%14 / 1,141
2×21.061.51
top 0.68%35 / 1,615
3×36.447.18
top 0.8%31 / 2,095
Skewb1.923.80
top 1.2%17 / 666
4×427.4932.34
top 1.6%21 / 722
Megaminx41.1246.55
top 1.9%12 / 283
5×555.981:04.13
top 3.7%20 / 355
3×3 one-handed13.3616.86
top 5.0%46 / 600
Square-110.1613.19
top 6.4%23 / 251
Clock5.997.17
top 7.2%38 / 303
6×61:59.782:14.46
top 10.9%23 / 149
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves36.67
top 20.4%37 / 111
7×73:33.213:50.93
top 20.8%30 / 126
3×3 blindfolded1:57.74—
top 32.7%42 / 86
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 20:54—
early days — 1 solve43 / 49

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

NxNZ 2019: 29.68New Zealand Nationals 2019: 13.11Auckland Summer Open 2020: 11.42Welcome Back Wellington 2020: 9.82A New Year in Auckland 2021: 8.98NZ North Island Championship 2021: 9.15Three Rounds Whangarei 2022: 7.89New Zealand Nationals 2022: 7.54Auckland Autumn 2023: 7.36Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023: 7.33NZ North Island Championship 2023: 6.46New Zealand Nationals 2023: 6.85A New Year in Auckland 2024: 7.18Beachside Auckland 2024: 7.10Clauckland 2024: 7.98South Auckland Side Events 2024: 7.32Springing into Auckland 2024: 7.46Max Speed Milford 2024: 7.30A New Year in Auckland 2025: 6.48Auckland Autumn 2025: 6.96Coping in Auckland 2025: 6.63NZ North Island Championship 2025: 6.77Beachside Auckland 2025: 7.21New Zealand Nationals 2025: 6.67Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026: 6.446.4429.6826 Apr 201918 Apr 2026

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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as she improves.