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People · China

Chao Ma (马超)

3×3 · top 56.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017MACH05

Chao Ma (马超) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 26.81, set at Ningxia Open 2018, puts him in the top 56.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,545th in China. Across 2 competitions since August 2017, he has put 24 official solves on the record across four events. Chao has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 56.5% of 284,439 all-time
26.81
signature single · Ningxia Open 2018
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×326.8133.00
top 56.5%17,545 / 28,153
2×27.179.24
top 61.8%10,346 / 15,796
4×41:43.20
early days — 1 solve5,463 / 5,926
Pyraminx22.0225.24
top 95.0%9,510 / 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

Ningxia Open 2017: 27.08Ningxia Open 2018: 26.8126.8127.0813 Aug 20175 Aug 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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 1.81 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.