People · China
Yunzhinan Cai (彩云之楠)
3×3 · top 5.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018CAIY02
Yunzhinan Cai (彩云之楠) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.15, set at Adelaide Winter Saturday 2023, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,041st in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since July 2018, he has put 285 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.05 in July 2018 to 9.15, a 66% improvement. Yunzhinan has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 9.15 | 10.71 | top 5.3% | 2,041 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 5.79 | 6.72 | top 48.7% | 8,426 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.83 | 25.79 | top 51.7% | 5,455 / 10,269 | |
| Skewb | 22.60 | 30.97 | top 92.8% | 4,602 / 5,030 |
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
- 24 Jun 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.15 at Adelaide Winter Saturday 2023.
- 5 Jun 2021First sub-20 3×3: 11.76 at SA State Championship 2021.
- 5 Jun 2021First sub-15 3×3: 11.76 at SA State Championship 2021.
- 29 Jul 2018First competition: Beijing Summer 2018. A 27.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Dualling in Milford 2026 · 26 Sep 2026
- Auckland Winter Open 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2025 · 12 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- 2x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025 · 16 Aug 2025
- Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025 · 10 May 2025
- A New Year in Auckland 2025 · 17 Jan 2025
- Max Speed Milford 2024 · 30 Nov 2024
- New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- South Australian Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023
- Adelaide Winter Saturday 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Adelaide Autumn 2023 · 21 May 2023
- Adelaide Summer 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Adelaide Autumn 2022 · 22 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- SA State Championship 2021 · 5 Jun 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018
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.
- Leo Hock-Morris — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
- Adrian Oon — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Dallas McNeil — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.