People · China
Wending Ma (马文鼎)
2×2 · top 8.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015MAWE01
Wending Ma (马文鼎) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.45, set at Ningxia Open 2018, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,240th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2015, he has put 142 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.30 in August 2015 to 2.45, a 26% improvement. Wending has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.45 | 4.73 | top 8.4% | 1,240 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 12.34 | 14.53 | top 15.1% | 5,919 / 28,153 | |
| Megaminx | 1:18.42 | 1:40.40 | top 20.7% | 624 / 1,678 | |
| Skewb | 6.07 | 7.19 | top 26.2% | 1,629 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.24 | 10.51 | top 29.8% | 3,286 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.19 | 32.01 | top 32.0% | 3,090 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 1:23.87 | — | top 59.0% | 4,981 / 5,926 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Ningxia Open 2018.
- 31 Jul 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.39 at Xining Summer Open 2016.
- 31 Jul 2016Four personal bests in one day at Xining Summer Open 2016.
- 8 Aug 2015First competition: Xining Summer Open 2015. A 15.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ningxia Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Lanzhou Spring 2017 · 22 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Xining Summer Open 2016 · 31 Jul 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Xining Summer Open 2015 · 8 Aug 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.
- Jinming Li (李金洺) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Bo Wang (王擘) — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Baoquan Zhang (张宝权) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.