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Nan Ma

3×3 · top 36.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2011 · 2011MANA02

Nan Ma has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.86, set at Berkeley Winter 2013, puts him in the top 36.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,920th in China. Across 6 competitions since December 2011, he has put 80 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.15 in December 2011 to 18.86, an 11% improvement. Nan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 36.7% of 284,439 all-time
18.86
signature single · Berkeley Winter 2013
80
official solves on the record
8%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×318.8620.85
top 36.7%12,920 / 28,153
2×26.287.02
top 53.7%9,136 / 15,796

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

Berkeley Fall 2011: 21.15Berkeley Winter 2012: 25.97Berkeley Fall 2012: 21.15Berkeley Autumn 2012: 20.41Berkeley Winter 2013: 18.86Berkeley Summer 2013: 21.1118.8625.973 Dec 20113 Aug 2013

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.

  • Edward Lin — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Riley Woo — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Mitchell Lane — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.86 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.