People · United States
Elliot Yueshan Ma
3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022MAEL01
Elliot Yueshan Ma has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.83, set at Holiday Open 2023, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,452nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since June 2022, he has put 60 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.62 in June 2022 to 7.83, a 43% improvement. Elliot has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.83 | 8.91 | top 2.5% | 1,452 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 43.43 | 48.36 | top 16.3% | 2,474 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 4.32 | 6.03 | top 30.6% | 12,178 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.26 | 38.82 | top 44.9% | 6,069 / 15,683 |
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
- 25 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.23 at Holiday Open 2023.
- 25 Jun 2022First competition: Cubing Bulls 2022. A 13.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zephyr Cube Bash 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Holiday Open 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Bulls 2022 · 25 Jun 2022
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.
- Jared Balassaitis — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Sean Hartman — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Noah Swor — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 3.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.