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Yuan Cai (蔡源)

3×3 · top 32.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019CAIY06

Yuan Cai (蔡源) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.36, set at Shenyang Open 2019, puts him in the top 32.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,662nd in China. Across 1 competition since June 2019, he has put 17 official solves on the record across three events.

3×3
best event — top 32.1% of 284,439 all-time
17.36
signature single · Shenyang Open 2019
17
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×317.3624.94
top 32.1%11,662 / 28,153
3×3 blindfolded3:33.93
early days — 2 solves859 / 1,183
2×212.7413.64
top 86.3%13,766 / 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 story so far

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.36 away.
  • A sub-3:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 6,381 people have one; it is 33.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.