People · China
Zekai Cui (崔泽楷)
Skewb · top 4.5% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015CUIZ01
Zekai Cui (崔泽楷) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.90, set at China Championship 2015, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 246th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2015, he has put 108 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 3.65 in May 2015 to 2.90, a 21% improvement. Zekai has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.90 | 4.96 | top 4.5% | 246 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.06 | 9.41 | top 13.5% | 1,599 / 10,224 | |
| Clock | 9.41 | 10.44 | top 22.0% | 487 / 1,843 | |
| 3×3 | 15.16 | 17.57 | top 25.0% | 9,407 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.90 | 37.79 | top 44.1% | 3,952 / 5,922 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 May 2015First competition: Nanjing Spring 2015. A 18.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanjing Autumn 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuxi Open 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2015 · 1 May 2015
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.
- Chunyu Zhang (张春雨) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Jingyuan Chen (陈静远) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.