People · China
Andy Ma
3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018MAAN03
Andy Ma has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.33, set at Melbourne Summer 2025, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 616th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since December 2018, he has put 555 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.86 in January 2019 to 7.33, a 38% improvement. Andy has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 7.33 | 8.67 | top 1.7% | 616 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.07 | 16.37 | top 4.5% | 400 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 2.22 | 3.57 | top 6.4% | 908 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 34.90 | 39.31 | top 6.6% | 663 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 4.27 | 7.14 | top 12.8% | 777 / 5,004 | |
| Square-1 | 17.78 | 21.77 | top 22.8% | 370 / 1,362 | |
| Megaminx | 1:34.95 | 1:45.71 | top 31.3% | 934 / 1,678 | |
| 5×5 | 1:44.50 | 1:55.72 | top 38.7% | 1,746 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:28.05 | — | top 60.4% | 837 / 1,183 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 2 cubes · 10:27 | — | early days — 1 solve | 169 / 278 |
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
- 30 Nov 2019Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Cube Days 2019.
- 5 Oct 2019Four personal bests in one day at Altona Algorithms 2019.
- 11 Jul 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.85 at WCA World Championship 2019.
- 18 May 2019Four personal bests in one day at Koalafication Melbourne 2019.
- 26 Jan 2019Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2019.
- 8 Dec 2018First competition: Melbourne Cube Days 2018.
Competitions
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Altona Algorithms 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hampton Park Summer Saturday 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2022 · 21 Jan 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2021 · 23 Jan 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2019 · 30 Nov 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Altona Algorithms 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Koalafication Melbourne 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Lennon Hughes — met in 110 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- David Epstein — met in 110 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Riley Dexter — met in 110 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.33 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.