People · Ireland
Shaobo Ma
2×2 · top 18.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022MASH02
Shaobo Ma has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.39, set at Irish Championship 2023, puts him in the top 18.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 263rd in Ireland. Across 5 competitions since August 2022, he has put 129 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.10 in August 2022 to 16.53, a 39% improvement. Shaobo has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.39 | 6.48 | top 18.9% | 263 / 1,190 | |
| Skewb | 5.25 | 7.19 | top 20.2% | 143 / 632 | |
| 3×3 | 16.53 | 18.45 | top 29.6% | 425 / 1,465 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.84 | 10.10 | top 34.9% | 392 / 924 | |
| Megaminx | 1:58.58 | 2:32.76 | top 45.0% | 135 / 288 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.51 | 1:20.75 | top 51.2% | 261 / 586 | |
| 5×5 | 2:48.16 | — | early days — 3 solves | 216 / 300 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 51.45 | — | early days — 2 solves | 321 / 454 |
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
- 14 Oct 2023Five personal bests in one day at Meath Autumn 2023.
- 7 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Irish Championship 2023.
- 12 Mar 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.85 at Turnin' in Termonfeckin Sunday 2023.
- 21 Aug 2022First competition: Dublin Open Sunday 2022. A 32.67 3×3 single to start from.
- 21 Aug 2022First sub-30 3×3: 27.10 at Dublin Open Sunday 2022.
Competitions
- Meath Autumn 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2023 · 7 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Turnin' in Termonfeckin Sunday 2023 · 12 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2022 · 4 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Dublin Open Sunday 2022 · 21 Aug 2022 — 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.
- Simon Kelly — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Richard Madden — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Namuun Natsagdorj — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,481 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.