People · United States
Larry Ma
4×4 · top 6.3% of 83,917 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019MALA08
Larry Ma has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 34.52, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 968th in the United States. Until October 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since June 2019, he has put 73 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.72 in June 2019 to 10.88, a 42% improvement. Larry has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 34.52 | 48.11 | top 6.3% | 968 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 | 10.88 | 13.51 | top 10.1% | 5,473 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 4.74 | 9.12 | top 16.2% | 2,557 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 6.60 | 10.87 | top 57.0% | 23,304 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.58 | 19.12 | top 64.5% | 19,052 / 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
- 15 Feb 2020First sub-15 3×3: 10.88 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 24 2020.
- 22 Jun 2019First competition: CubingUSA Western Championship 2019. A 18.72 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 24 2020 · 15 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019 · 7 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
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.
- Chris Martin — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Abhimanyu Singhal — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 4.52 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.