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Neal Ma

3×3 · top 77.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2012 · 2012MANE01

Neal Ma has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 40.15, set at Groovik's Cube Seattle 2012, puts him in the top 77.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 47,014th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since February 2012, he has put 29 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 56.66 in February 2012 to 40.15, a 29% improvement. Neal has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 77.0% of 284,439 all-time
40.15
signature single · Groovik's Cube Seattle 2012
29
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×340.1548.70
top 77.0%47,014 / 59,724
2×211.5917.62
top 83.2%34,580 / 40,951
Clock30.5436.64
top 85.0%7,565 / 8,927

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

Lynden Open 2012: 56.66Couve Cubing 2012: 46.71Groovik's Cube Seattle 2012: 40.1540.1556.664 Feb 201210 Jun 2012

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 4 Feb 2012First competition: Lynden Open 2012. A 56.66 3×3 single to start from.

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-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 1.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.