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Tianwei Cai (蔡天威)

Skewb · top 10.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015CAIT01

Tianwei Cai (蔡天威) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.93, set at Wenzhou Open 2017, puts him in the top 10.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 622nd in China. Across 17 competitions since December 2015, he has put 442 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.73 in December 2015 to 2.97, a 37% improvement. Tianwei has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 10.4% of 73,281 all-time
3.93
signature single · Wenzhou Open 2017
442
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb3.937.51
top 10.4%622 / 5,004
2×22.974.68
top 13.9%2,167 / 15,796
3×312.2515.22
top 14.8%5,804 / 28,153
Pyraminx6.027.99
top 20.2%2,301 / 10,224
4×448.0855.46
top 22.2%2,397 / 5,926
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves35.33
top 26.7%289 / 1,058
3×3 one-handed22.3625.34
top 27.0%2,661 / 5,922
5×51:46.811:58.06
top 40.4%1,804 / 2,816
Megaminx2:04.692:12.48
top 48.3%1,280 / 1,678
Square-129.9235.66
top 49.2%842 / 1,362
Clock15.5718.42
top 50.2%1,177 / 1,843
7×75:03.985:15.22
top 51.8%907 / 1,261
6×63:24.293:41.62
top 52.4%982 / 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

Nanchang Winter 2015: 4.73Shanghai Spring 2016: 4.54Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016: 4.30Jinhua Open 2016: 3.15Nanjing Autumn 2016: 5.22Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016: 5.27Hangzhou Autumn 2016: 2.97Wenzhou Open 2017: 4.12Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017: 5.23Jinhua New Year's Day 2018: 4.21Hangzhou Spring 2018: 3.54Nanjing Spring 2018: 4.07Ningbo Open 2018: 3.43Hangzhou Open 2018: 4.342.975.2727 Dec 201510 Nov 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.