People · China
Qiang Ma (马强)
3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015MAQI02
Qiang Ma (马强) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.10, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,073rd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since November 2015, he has put 392 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 8 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.81 in November 2015 to 8.10, a 45% improvement. Qiang 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.10 | 10.44 | top 3.0% | 1,073 / 28,153 | |
| Megaminx | 46.93 | 55.21 | top 3.8% | 82 / 1,678 | |
| 2×2 | 1.85 | 4.59 | top 3.9% | 517 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.68 | 6.20 | top 11.3% | 1,347 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 4.31 | 6.44 | top 13.1% | 795 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 42.29 | 43.67 | top 14.9% | 1,605 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.10 | 22.62 | top 15.3% | 1,508 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.04 | 1:44.61 | top 22.4% | 1,073 / 2,816 | |
| Clock | 16.11 | 19.86 | top 52.2% | 1,226 / 1,843 | |
| 6×6 | 3:32.13 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,029 / 1,349 | |
| Square-1 | 48.96 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,207 / 1,362 |
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
- 13 Apr 2019First sub-10 3×3: 8.10 at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019.
- 13 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019.
- 27 Oct 2018Five personal bests in one day at Xi'an Open 2018.
- 29 Nov 2015First competition: Xi'an Open 2015. A 14.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024 · 5 Apr 2024
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021 · 11 Apr 2021
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom Special 2021 · 10 Apr 2021
- Xi'an New Year 2020 · 1 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Ningxia Open 2019 · 18 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Open 2019 · 26 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Xianyang Open 2019 · 3 Mar 2019
- Xi'an Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Ningxia Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2017 · 2 Jan 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an New Year 2016 · 2 Jan 2016
- Xi'an Open 2015 · 29 Nov 2015
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.
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Chi Zhang (张弛) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 6.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.