People · United States
Eric Cai
3×3 · top 16.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022CAIE03
Eric Cai has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.81, set at Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024, puts him in the top 16.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,973rd in the United States. Across 7 competitions since October 2022, he has put 134 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.76 in October 2022 to 12.81, a 24% improvement. Eric has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.81 | 14.32 | top 16.8% | 8,973 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 12.66 | 15.31 | top 38.1% | 3,017 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.63 | 1:16.05 | top 41.4% | 6,767 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.91 | 36.26 | top 46.5% | 6,317 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 5.64 | 7.71 | top 47.0% | 18,999 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 3:09.73 | — | top 81.1% | 7,398 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 23.74 | 28.99 | top 93.9% | 18,027 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 4:38.77 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7,584 / 7,841 |
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
- 6 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.38 at TJHSST Spring 2023.
- 6 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at TJHSST Spring 2023.
- 29 Oct 2022First competition: Slow N Steady Fall 2022. A 16.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- TJHSST Winter 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- TJHSST Spring 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- TJHSST Spring 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022
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.
- Brad Hoffman — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Stone Payne — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Drew Duong — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-12 Clock single — 11,202 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.