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Qi'an Cai (蔡淇安)

3×3 · top 30.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2012 · 2012CAIQ01

Qi'an Cai (蔡淇安) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.69, set at Guilin Open 2013, puts him in the top 30.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,999th in China. Across 3 competitions since November 2012, he has put 61 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. He has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 30.0% of 284,439 all-time
16.69
signature single · Guilin Open 2013
61
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×316.6919.05
top 30.0%10,999 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed29.8940.95
top 46.4%4,106 / 5,922
2×26.348.08
top 54.4%9,219 / 15,796
4×41:27.331:31.32
top 61.6%5,098 / 5,926
7×76:34.61
early days — 1 solve1,136 / 1,261
5×53:02.653:22.17
top 78.9%2,675 / 2,816
6×65:12.00
early days — 1 solve1,295 / 1,349

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

Wuhan Open 2012: 16.72Guilin Open 2013: 16.69Wuhan University Open 2015: 16.8416.6916.844 Nov 20121 Nov 2015

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 4.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.