People · United States
Eric Ma
3×3 · top 27.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018MAER01
Eric Ma has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.98, set at St. Joseph's Prep 2022, puts him in the top 27.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,183rd in the United States. Across 6 competitions since December 2018, he has put 65 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.23 in December 2018 to 15.98, a 31% improvement. Eric has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 15.98 | 19.71 | top 27.7% | 15,183 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.40 | 6.97 | top 44.2% | 17,814 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.64 | 1:40.67 | top 61.9% | 10,803 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 15.53 | 19.09 | top 83.7% | 24,691 / 28,708 |
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
- 13 Aug 2022First sub-20 3×3: 18.53 at Silver Spring Summer 2022.
- 8 Dec 2018First competition: Penn Cube Day Fall 2018. A 23.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- St. Joseph's Prep 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Silver Spring Summer 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- MLWGS Spring 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2018 · 8 Dec 2018
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.
- Will Callan — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- William Klauer — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michael Nielsen — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.