People · China
Chelsea Yexi Tao
3×3 · top 11.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024TAOY01
Chelsea Yexi Tao has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.35, set at Pickering Favourites Summer 2026, puts her in the top 11.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,574th in China. Across 9 competitions since November 2024, she has put 52 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 21.42 in January 2025 to 11.35, a 47% improvement. Chelsea has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 11.35 | 12.49 | top 11.6% | 4,574 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:48.91 | — | top 49.2% | 685 / 1,183 | |
| 2×2 | 6.04 | 8.38 | top 51.3% | 8,735 / 15,796 |
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
- 31 Jan 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.70 at Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026.
- 1 Nov 2025First sub-20 3×3: 16.88 at Pickering Favourites Fall 2025.
- 23 Nov 2024First competition: Please Be Solved Vancouver 2024.
Competitions
- Toronto Mini Big & Blind 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- Pickering Favourites Summer 2026 · 14 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering Blindfolded 2026 · 6 Jun 2026
- Wasaga Beach Spring 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Pickering Mini Afternoon 2026 · 12 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering Favourites Fall 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Maple Ridge Favourites 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
- Please Be Solved Vancouver 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
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.
- Abdullah Gulab — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Tin Huang — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
- Nicholas Patterson — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
- A sub-2:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 4,077 people have one; it is 48.91 away.
Targets move as she improves.