People · China
Mingchuan Cai (蔡鸣川)
3×3 · top 18.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017CAIM01
Mingchuan Cai (蔡鸣川) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.22, set at Xi'an Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 18.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,119th in China. Across 3 competitions since April 2017, he has put 24 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Mingchuan 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.22 | 15.27 | top 18.2% | 7,119 / 28,153 |
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
- 9 Apr 2017First competition: Zhangzhou Spring 2017. A 14.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Autumn 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Zhangzhou Spring 2017 · 9 Apr 2017
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.
- Hao Wang (王皓) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Zejing Zhang (张泽菁) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Minxing Zhang (张敏行) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.