People · United States
Kevin Cai
3×3 · top 8.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022CAIK01
Kevin Cai has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.26, set at Tacoma Winter Twisters 2024, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,617th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since May 2022, he has put 39 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.43 in May 2022 to 10.26, a 10% improvement. Kevin has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 10.26 | 12.71 | top 8.3% | 4,617 / 60,666 | |
| Megaminx | 1:45.38 | 2:05.65 | top 37.9% | 2,783 / 8,026 | |
| 2×2 | 6.03 | 7.47 | top 51.3% | 21,234 / 41,674 |
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
- 28 May 2022First competition: Odd Seattle Summer 2022. A 11.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tacoma Winter Twisters 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UW or U Don't 2023 · 2 Dec 2023
- Odd Seattle Summer 2022 · 28 May 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.
- Ethan Ekstrom — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ben Royce — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Mark Cordell — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-1:30 Megaminx single — 9,990 people have one; it is 15.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.