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Chao Ma (马超)

3×3 · top 12.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016MACH03

Chao Ma (马超) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.46, set at Heilongjiang Colleges Open 2017, puts him in the top 12.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,742nd in China. Across 7 competitions since July 2016, he has put 197 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.20 in July 2016 to 11.46, a 13% improvement. Chao has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.0% of 284,439 all-time
11.46
signature single · Heilongjiang Colleges Open 2017
197
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.4612.85
top 12.0%4,742 / 28,153
2×23.256.68
top 17.2%2,770 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed19.1522.03
top 18.2%1,816 / 5,922
4×445.8448.52
top 19.4%2,097 / 5,926
5×51:24.881:35.15
top 23.2%1,105 / 2,816
7×73:42.474:01.97
top 24.4%484 / 1,261
6×62:27.922:32.88
top 24.5%528 / 1,349
Skewb6.229.33
top 27.5%1,704 / 5,004
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves45.33
early days — 3 solves774 / 1,058
Megaminx3:10.78
early days — 2 solves1,589 / 1,678
Pyraminx14.3617.93
top 79.4%7,852 / 10,224

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

Suzhou Open 2016: 13.20Jinhua Open 2016: 12.48Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016: 13.71Hangzhou Autumn 2016: 13.50Heilongjiang Colleges Open 2017: 11.46Changchun Open 2018: 12.5011.4613.712 Jul 201618 Jun 2018

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.