People · France
Lucas Cai
3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2012 · 2012CAIL01
Lucas Cai has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.64, set at Annuntia Saturday Open 2022, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 238th in France. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since April 2012, he has put 349 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.56 in April 2012 to 8.64, a 48% improvement. Lucas has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.64 | 10.60 | top 4.0% | 238 / 4,746 | |
| 2×2 | 1.95 | 3.76 | top 4.4% | 192 / 3,074 | |
| 4×4 | 39.57 | 47.57 | top 11.6% | 225 / 1,817 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.18 | 1:48.41 | top 34.7% | 326 / 1,024 | |
| Skewb | 15.16 | 27.10 | top 78.8% | 1,001 / 1,291 | |
| Pyraminx | 16.27 | 19.91 | top 85.8% | 1,850 / 2,148 |
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
- 17 Nov 2018Three personal bests in one day at Brugge Open 2018.
- 17 Feb 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.52 at Croissy Open 2018.
- 17 Feb 2018Three personal bests in one day at Croissy Open 2018.
- 9 Sep 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.35 at Champagne Open 2017.
- 20 Apr 2012First competition: French Championship 2012. A 16.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chelles Open 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Champagne Open 2022 · 3 Sep 2022
- Sézanne Open 2022 · 4 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Annuntia Saturday Open 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Chelles Open 2020 · 15 Feb 2020
- Chelles Open 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Brugge Open 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Luxembourg Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Paris Open 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Champagne Open 2018 · 8 Sep 2018
- Belgian Easter 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Croissy Open 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Belgian Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Champagne Open 2017 · 9 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- French Championship 2012 · 20 Apr 2012
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.
- Anthony Lafourcade — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jules Desjardin — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead once
- Maxence Baudry — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.