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People · China

Ao Ma (马奥)

3×3 · top 33.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019MAAO01

Ao Ma (马奥) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.80, set at Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021, puts him in the top 33.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,061st in China. Across 3 competitions since November 2019, he has put 35 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.22 in November 2019 to 17.80, a 12% improvement. Ao has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 33.5% of 284,439 all-time
17.80
signature single · Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×317.8022.17
top 33.5%12,061 / 28,153
3×3 blindfolded2:47.79
early days — 2 solves682 / 1,183
Pyraminx9.9811.67
top 52.9%5,529 / 10,224
2×27.828.59
top 66.6%11,005 / 15,796
Skewb33.9536.27
top 98.1%4,923 / 5,004

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

Xuzhou Winter 2019: 20.22Nanchang Winter 2019: 18.76Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021: 17.8017.8020.2224 Nov 20192 Jan 2021

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.80 away.
  • A sub-2:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 4,077 people have one; it is 47.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.