People · China
Yang Cai (蔡扬)
3×3 · top 0.33% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019CAIY01
Yang Cai (蔡扬) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.70, set at Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024, puts him in the top 0.33% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 137th in China. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since January 2019, he has put 358 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 78% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.76 in January 2019 to 5.70, a 55% improvement. Yang has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 5.70 | 6.61 | top 0.33% | 137 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 24.24 | 30.39 | top 0.56% | 56 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.24 | 16.98 | top 6.6% | 653 / 5,994 | |
| 2×2 | 2.26 | 3.22 | top 6.7% | 966 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.11 | 11.87 | top 53.9% | 5,664 / 10,269 |
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
- 26 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Youth Open 2023.
- 15 Nov 2020Three personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2020.
- 24 Aug 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.36 at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019.
- 24 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019.
- 13 Jan 2019First competition: Dongguan Open 2019. A 12.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanning Open 2026 · 23 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Beihai Open 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Youth Open 2023 · 26 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2020 · 15 Nov 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen 3x3 Days 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Dongguan Open 2019 · 13 Jan 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.
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead twice
- You Wu (吴悠) — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Xusheng Hong (洪旭升) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-20 4×4 single — 46 people have one; it is 4.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.