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Alan Ma

Megaminx · top 4.1% of 34,786 all-time · competing since September 2010 · 2010MAAL01

Alan Ma has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 47.63, set at Abbotsford Begins 2022, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 56th in Australia. Until October 2010, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 49 competitions since September 2010, he has put 1,427 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.44 in September 2010 to 9.79, a 52% improvement. Alan has entered 49 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 4.1% of 34,786 all-time
47.63
signature single · Abbotsford Begins 2022
1,427
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Megaminx47.6352.37
top 4.1%56 / 1,277
3×39.7912.36
top 6.9%641 / 11,709
3×3 one-handed14.6818.41
top 7.4%170 / 2,659
4×438.9143.13
top 10.9%281 / 3,051
5×51:17.121:28.96
top 16.9%224 / 1,356
2×23.694.90
top 22.6%1,729 / 8,567
6×62:59.203:07.93
top 40.7%253 / 641
7×74:35.335:15.57
top 42.9%207 / 523
Pyraminx9.0114.51
top 44.9%2,484 / 5,993
Skewb18.4334.78
top 87.0%3,068 / 3,534

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

Australian Nationals 2010: 20.44Melbourne Winter 2014: 17.38Niddrie 2014: 14.72Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2015: 17.06Melbourne Autumn 2015: 15.55Cube for Cambodia 2015: 15.40Australian Nationals 2015: 12.02Cubing Classic 2016: 12.17Melbourne Autumn 2016: 13.21Connor's Cube Day 2016: 11.84Cube for Cambodia 2016: 15.36Melbourne Cube Days 2016: 11.44Cubing Classic 2017: 12.64Cube for Cambodia 2017: 11.76Sydney Winter 2017: 11.38Australian Nationals 2017: 11.54Melbourne Cube Days 2017: 12.62Sydney Championship 2017: 12.00ASFA Speedcubing 2018: 11.85Cube for Cambodia 2018: 13.05Melbourne Winter 2018: 12.13Horsham Winter 2018: 12.24Australian Nationals 2018: 13.35St Kevin's College Spring 2018: 13.35Melbourne Cube Days 2018: 14.29Adelaide Summer 2019: 12.91Melbourne Summer 2019: 13.54Cube for Cambodia 2019: 11.77Koalafication Melbourne 2019: 11.67WCA World Championship 2019: 11.53Puzzling Pakenham 2019: 11.82Northside Cube Days 2020: 10.45Melbourne Summer 2020: 12.00Enjoyable Sydney Gathering 2020: 11.55Melbourne Summer 2021: 10.67Melbourne Summer 2022: 9.79Melbourne Mini Saturday 2022: 11.34Victorian Open 2022: 11.58Australian Nationals 2022: 12.57Koalafication Melbourne 2022: 11.00Melbourne Cube Days 2022: 11.67Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 12.99Australian Nationals 2023: 10.50Cubing at The Game Expo 2024: 10.829.7920.444 Sep 201023 Mar 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

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-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 7.63 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.