People · China
Jicai Qin (覃稷才)
3×3 · top 1.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025QINJ01
Jicai Qin (覃稷才) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.84, set at Nanchang Summer 2026, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 424th in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2025, he has put 84 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.39 in April 2025 to 6.84, a 34% improvement. Jicai has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 6.84 | 9.27 | top 1.2% | 424 / 28,499 | |
| Skewb | 2.20 | 4.00 | top 1.9% | 94 / 5,030 |
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
- 18 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Nanchang Summer 2026.
- 23 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.02 at Nanchang Winter 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025First competition: Nanchang Spring 2025. A 10.39 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhanjiang Open 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhu Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026
- Nanchang Summer 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanchang Winter 2025 · 23 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
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.
- Qi Zhou (周祺) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jiawen Liu (刘佳雯) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Yichen Jiang (姜一辰) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.