People · China
Yizhen Cai (蔡依真)
3×3 · top 16.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019CAIY10
Yizhen Cai (蔡依真) has been competing for 7 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.83, set at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026, puts her in the top 16.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,602nd in China. Across 6 competitions since November 2019, she has put 32 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 17.14 in November 2019 to 12.83, a 25% improvement. Yizhen has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 12.83 | 16.77 | top 16.8% | 6,602 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.76 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,858 / 5,926 |
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
- 22 Aug 2026First sub-15 3×3: 12.83 at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026.
- 3 Nov 2019First competition: Nanjing Autumn 2019. A 17.14 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Begins 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chongqing New Year 2025 · 12 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang Spring 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an New Year 2020 · 1 Jan 2020
- Nanjing Autumn 2019 · 3 Nov 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 her.
- Zhaokun Li (李昭昆) — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
- Fangyuan Chang (常方圆) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Hao Wang (王皓) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 20.76 away.
Targets move as she improves.