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Jianping Ma (马建平)

3×3 · top 94.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008MAJI01

Jianping Ma (马建平) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 1:09.52, set at Beijing Metropolis Open 2009, puts him in the top 94.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26,731st in China. Across 3 competitions since November 2008, he has put 27 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:40.46 in November 2008 to 1:09.52, a 31% improvement. Jianping has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 94.7% of 284,439 all-time
1:09.52
signature single · Beijing Metropolis Open 2009
27
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×31:09.521:28.41
top 94.7%26,731 / 28,153
2×220.1835.00
top 95.7%15,140 / 15,796
4×46:49.79
early days — 2 solves5,946 / 5,926

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

Beijing Fall Open 2008: 1:40.46Beijing Spring Open 2009: 1:23.50Beijing Metropolis Open 2009: 1:09.521:09.521:40.462 Nov 20082 May 2009

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-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 9.52 away.
  • A sub-20 2×2 single — 178,436 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.