People · China
Yixuan Cai (蔡毅轩)
3×3 · top 1.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2026 · 2026CAIY01
Yixuan Cai (蔡毅轩) has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.87, set at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 436th in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since February 2026, he has put 72 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Yixuan has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.87 | 8.41 | top 1.2% | 436 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.41 | 6.87 | top 5.1% | 625 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 3.29 | 4.55 | top 17.7% | 2,907 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.40 | 24.35 | top 24.4% | 2,452 / 5,994 | |
| Clock | 11.65 | 12.63 | top 33.3% | 815 / 1,887 |
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 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026.
- 6 Feb 2026First competition: Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026. A 8.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 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.
- Zhaoxuan Guan (关兆炫) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Yanrui Xie (谢延睿) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- You Wu (吴悠) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.