People · China
Lin Ma (马霖)
3×3 · top 10.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017MALI01
Lin Ma (马霖) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.84, set at Chengdu Winter Open 2018, puts him in the top 10.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,909th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2017, he has put 76 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.17 in April 2017 to 10.84, an 18% improvement. Lin 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.84 | 14.68 | top 10.0% | 3,909 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 39.01 | 43.52 | top 11.0% | 1,163 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.09 | 4.13 | top 15.3% | 2,436 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:13.95 | — | top 17.4% | 246 / 1,183 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.37 | 1:47.98 | top 31.0% | 1,403 / 2,816 | |
| Clock | 11.41 | 14.13 | top 32.1% | 762 / 1,843 |
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
- 24 Nov 2018Four personal bests in one day at Chengdu Winter Open 2018.
- 29 Apr 2017First competition: Chengdu Open 2017. A 13.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Open 2019 · 1 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Winter Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2017 · 30 Dec 2017
- Chengdu Open 2017 · 29 Apr 2017
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.
- Gang Ji (纪纲) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xinyu Li (李欣宇) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.