People · China
Qizhe Ma (马启哲)
3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018MAQI01
Qizhe Ma (马启哲) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.28, set at NEU Open 2019, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 597th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2018, he has put 247 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.57 in June 2018 to 7.28, a 59% improvement. Qizhe 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 | 7.28 | 10.80 | top 1.7% | 597 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.16 | 3.65 | top 5.9% | 831 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.30 | 6.00 | top 9.2% | 1,100 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 38.38 | 50.72 | top 10.2% | 1,077 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 5.98 | 9.66 | top 25.6% | 1,580 / 5,004 | |
| Megaminx | 2:04.61 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,279 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.24 | 47.20 | top 59.5% | 4,850 / 5,922 |
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
- 30 Jun 2019First sub-10 3×3: 8.95 at Shenyang Open 2019.
- 30 Jun 2019Six personal bests in one day at Shenyang Open 2019.
- 21 Apr 2019Four personal bests in one day at Dalian Spring 2019.
- 5 Aug 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.41 at Shenyang Summer 2018.
- 23 Jun 2018First competition: Shenyang Open 2018. A 18.00 3×3 single to start from.
- 23 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at Shenyang Open 2018.
Competitions
- Shenyang Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- NEU Open 2019 · 15 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang Open 2019 · 30 Jun 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Dalian Spring 2019 · 21 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Shenyang New Year 2019 · 27 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang Summer 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests 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.
- Yezhen Han (韩业臻) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jiaming Zhang (张嘉铭) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Mingxuan Wu (吴明轩) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.