People · China
Tianyue Cai (蔡天悦)
3×3 · top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019CAIT02
Tianyue Cai (蔡天悦) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.15, set at Shaoxing Morning 2021, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,995th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since June 2019, he has put 61 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.69 in June 2019 to 9.15, a 71% improvement. Tianyue 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 | 9.15 | 12.13 | top 5.2% | 1,995 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.30 | 5.07 | top 17.8% | 2,874 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.59 | 9.31 | top 32.8% | 3,602 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.80 | 38.13 | top 38.9% | 3,608 / 5,922 |
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
- 27 Mar 2021First sub-30 3×3: 9.15 at Shaoxing Morning 2021.
- 27 Mar 2021First sub-20 3×3: 9.15 at Shaoxing Morning 2021.
- 27 Mar 2021First sub-15 3×3: 9.15 at Shaoxing Morning 2021.
- 27 Mar 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.15 at Shaoxing Morning 2021.
- 1 Jun 2019First competition: Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2019. A 31.69 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kunshan Afternoon 2021 · 2 May 2021
- Hangzhou Open AM 2021 · 18 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Shaoxing Morning 2021 · 27 Mar 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Yiheng Zhao (赵一衡) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chenge Liu (刘晨舸) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.