People · Canada
Malvin Lo
3×3 · top 6.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2010 · 2010LOMA01
Malvin Lo has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.44, set at canadianCUBING CUBEcentric 2011, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 581st in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since May 2010, he has put 366 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.03 in May 2010 to 9.44, a 65% improvement. Malvin has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.44 | 11.37 | top 6.0% | 581 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 2.91 | 4.21 | top 13.3% | 891 / 7,245 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.63 | 8.12 | top 24.9% | 1,080 / 4,913 | |
| 4×4 | 54.61 | 1:00.89 | top 30.4% | 798 / 3,180 | |
| 5×5 | 2:05.68 | 2:23.65 | top 53.0% | 725 / 1,546 | |
| Square-1 | 33.75 | 39.32 | top 56.5% | 513 / 973 | |
| 6×6 | 3:50.03 | 3:59.52 | top 62.5% | 361 / 683 | |
| 7×7 | 6:14.08 | 6:34.71 | top 71.0% | 337 / 519 | |
| Skewb | 14.27 | 27.57 | top 75.8% | 2,236 / 2,928 |
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
- 20 Aug 2011Five personal bests in one day at Canadian Open 2011.
- 4 Jun 2011First sub-10 3×3: 9.44 at canadianCUBING CUBEcentric 2011.
- 4 Jun 2011Three personal bests in one day at canadianCUBING CUBEcentric 2011.
- 27 Nov 2010First sub-15 3×3: 12.34 at Toronto Open Fall 2010.
- 27 Nov 2010Three personal bests in one day at Toronto Open Fall 2010.
- 14 Aug 2010First sub-20 3×3: 18.18 at Toronto Open Summer 2010.
Competitions
- Oakville Limited Winter 2018 · 27 Jan 2018
- Battle of Waterloo 2017 · 23 Sep 2017
- London Limited Spring 2017 · 25 Mar 2017
- Toronto Open Fall 2015 · 28 Nov 2015
- Toronto Open Fall 2014 · 22 Nov 2014
- Toronto Open Summer 2014 · 9 Aug 2014
- Canadian Open 2013 · 6 Jul 2013
- Toronto Summer 2012 · 18 Aug 2012
- Toronto Spring 2012 · 2 Jun 2012
- Toronto Open Winter 2012 · 11 Feb 2012
- Canadian Open 2011 · 20 Aug 2011 — 5 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Summer 2011 · 16 Jul 2011
- canadianCUBING CUBEcentric 2011 · 4 Jun 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Winter 2011 · 5 Mar 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Fall 2010 · 27 Nov 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Summer 2010 · 14 Aug 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- canadianCUBING CUBEcentric 2010 · 15 May 2010
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.
- Brady Metherall — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
- Sarah Strong — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Thompson Clarke — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.44 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.