People · China
Xiang Cai (蔡想)
3×3 · top 5.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024CAIX02
Xiang Cai (蔡想) has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.05, set at Weihai Open 2026, puts her in the top 5.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,895th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since June 2024, she has put 31 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 10.09 in June 2024 to 9.05, a 10% improvement. Xiang has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 9.05 | 9.70 | top 5.0% | 1,895 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.21 | — | top 6.3% | 895 / 15,796 |
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
- 5 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Weihai Open 2026.
- 3 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at Xi'an Open 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024First competition: Dandong Yalu River Open 2024. A 10.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Weihai Open 2026 · 5 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Dandong Yalu River Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
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 her.
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Zhaokun Li (李昭昆) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as she improves.