People · China
Silin Cai (蔡思林)
3×3 · top 8.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019CAIS02
Silin Cai (蔡思林) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.46, set at Hong Kong Championship 2024, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,524th in China. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2019, he has put 65 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.43 in November 2019 to 10.46, a 28% improvement. Silin has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 10.46 | 11.91 | top 8.9% | 3,524 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 42.10 | 47.85 | top 14.7% | 1,617 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.32 | 20.07 | top 16.0% | 1,606 / 5,994 | |
| 2×2 | 3.90 | 4.54 | top 25.3% | 4,301 / 15,939 |
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 Nov 2019First competition: Hangzhou Autumn 2019. A 14.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hong Kong Autumn Cube Day 2026 · 17 Oct 2026
- Hong Kong Championship 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open PM 2021 · 18 Apr 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Autumn 2019 · 9 Nov 2019
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.
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Cai Ying (应才) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yuhang Sun (孙煜航) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 2.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.