People · China
Jiawen Cai (蔡嘉汶)
3×3 · top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2011 · 2011CAIJ01
Jiawen Cai (蔡嘉汶) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.08, set at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,063rd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2011, he has put 44 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.21 in May 2011 to 8.08, a 56% improvement. Jiawen 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 | 8.08 | 13.76 | top 2.9% | 1,063 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 47.91 | 1:38.88 | top 9.2% | 145 / 1,183 | |
| 4×4 | 54.35 | 55.70 | top 29.9% | 3,063 / 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
- 6 Apr 2018First sub-10 3×3: 8.08 at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018.
- 1 Oct 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.60 at China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017.
- 1 May 2011First competition: Shenzhen University 2011. A 18.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- ZHBIT Open 2019 · 19 May 2019
- Dongguan Spring 2019 · 21 Apr 2019
- GDSY Open 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen 3x3 Days 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Big 'n Blind Guangzhou 2018 · 9 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Big 'n Blind 2017 · 10 Dec 2017
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen University 2011 · 1 May 2011
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.
- Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Kaijun Lin (林恺俊) — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Pengkai Fang (方鹏凯) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-40 3×3 blindfolded single — 826 people have one; it is 7.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.