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Daniel Ma

2×2 · top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015MADA01

Daniel Ma has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.78, set at Vancouver Fall 2016, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 227th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since August 2015, he has put 25 official solves on the record across three events. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.09 in August 2015 to 1.78, a 71% improvement. Daniel has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.78
signature single · Vancouver Fall 2016
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×21.785.56
top 3.5%227 / 7,173
Pyraminx6.4612.66
top 23.5%1,004 / 4,858
3×315.0618.44
top 24.6%2,371 / 10,392

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

Vancouver Open Summer 2015: 6.09Vancouver Fall 2016: 1.781.786.0915 Aug 201515 Oct 2016

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.