People · China
Qingyang Ma (马擎扬)
3×3 · top 1.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025MAQI02
Qingyang Ma (马擎扬) has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.41, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 675th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since November 2025, he has put 150 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.31 in November 2025 to 7.41, an 11% improvement. Qingyang has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 7.41 | 8.23 | top 1.9% | 675 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 2.84 | 4.01 | top 12.5% | 1,979 / 15,939 |
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
- 9 Nov 2025First competition: Weihai Open 2025. A 8.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026 · 1 Oct 2026
- Wuhan Crimson Autumn 2026 · 13 Sep 2026
- Hangzhou Open 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Weihai Open 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Tian Xia (夏天) — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.