People · China
Chenkai Shao (邵晨恺)
3×3 · top 16.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009SHAO05
Chenkai Shao (邵晨恺) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.72, set at Suzhou Open 2011, puts him in the top 16.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,447th in China. Across 4 competitions since August 2009, he has put 82 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.94 in August 2009 to 12.72, a 29% improvement. Chenkai has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 12.72 | 15.69 | top 16.5% | 6,447 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 4.33 | 5.77 | top 30.7% | 5,270 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.59 | 32.65 | top 33.1% | 3,181 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:04.93 | — | early days — 3 solves | 499 / 1,183 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.13 | 1:33.54 | top 50.8% | 4,566 / 5,926 |
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
- 3 Oct 2011First sub-15 3×3: 12.72 at Suzhou Open 2011.
- 3 Oct 2011Five personal bests in one day at Suzhou Open 2011.
- 9 Aug 2009First competition: Shanghai Weisuo Open 2009. A 17.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Suzhou Open 2011 · 3 Oct 2011 — 5 personal bests set
- Shanghai Weisuo Open 2009 · 9 Aug 2009
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.
- Jiajun Li (李嘉俊) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jiawei Shou (寿佳伟) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Yuhan Tao (陶宇晗) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.