People · Canada
Connor Chai
3×3 · top 8.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018CHAI01
Connor Chai has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.17, set at Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 736th in Canada. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2018, he has put 105 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.94 in January 2018 to 10.17, a 32% improvement. Connor has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.17 | 11.47 | top 8.0% | 736 / 10,392 | |
| 5×5 | 1:14.11 | 1:27.54 | top 14.6% | 172 / 1,499 | |
| 2×2 | 3.04 | 4.83 | top 14.7% | 986 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 43.36 | 48.76 | top 16.2% | 410 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.68 | 22.70 | top 16.9% | 356 / 2,620 | |
| Megaminx | 1:24.50 | 1:40.13 | top 24.6% | 226 / 1,375 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.44 | 14.53 | top 56.4% | 2,734 / 4,858 |
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
- 4 May 2019Four personal bests in one day at Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019.
- 30 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Vancouver Select 2018.
- 6 Jan 2018First competition: Vancouver Open Winter 2018. A 14.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Please Be Solved Vancouver 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
- Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019 · 23 Aug 2019
- Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- UBC Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Select 2018 · 30 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2018 · 6 Jan 2018
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.
- Kyle Van Straaten — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Noah Stelting — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ethan Rusnak — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 14.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.