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Xu Cai (才旭)

3×3 · top 22.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2009 · 2009CAIX01

Xu Cai (才旭) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.47, set at Harbin Open 2009, puts him in the top 22.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,653rd in China. Across 2 competitions since November 2009, he has put 40 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Xu has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 22.6% of 284,439 all-time
14.47
signature single · Harbin Open 2009
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×314.4716.91
top 22.6%8,653 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed27.5228.59
top 40.7%3,732 / 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

Harbin Open 2009: 14.47Changchun Open 2010: 15.1614.4715.168 Nov 20092 Jan 2010

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 8 Nov 2009First competition: Harbin Open 2009. A 14.47 3×3 single to start from.

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.47 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 2.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.