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Qiyu Cai (蔡奇彧)

3×3 one-handed · top 22.7% of 73,695 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014CAIQ01

Qiyu Cai (蔡奇彧) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 20.80, set at Chengdu Open 2017, puts him in the top 22.7% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,263rd in China. Across 6 competitions since May 2014, he has put 110 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.28 in May 2014 to 16.19, a 24% improvement. Qiyu has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 22.7% of 73,695 all-time
20.80
signature single · Chengdu Open 2017
110
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed20.8031.74
top 22.7%2,263 / 5,922
3×316.1917.69
top 28.4%10,547 / 28,153
2×24.918.26
top 38.2%6,590 / 15,796
Pyraminx8.4014.48
top 39.7%4,274 / 10,224
Skewb10.2415.17
top 56.4%3,127 / 5,004
4×41:29.56
top 63.3%5,179 / 5,926

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

Chengdu Open 2014: 21.28Chongqing Open 2014: 18.65Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015: 18.27Chengdu Open 2015: 19.84Chengdu Open 2016: 16.19Chengdu Open 2017: 16.4116.1921.282 May 201429 Apr 2017

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-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.