People · China
Xiaochun Ma (马晓春)
3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018MAXI04
Xiaochun Ma (马晓春) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.25, set at Luoyang Spring 2024, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,120th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2018, he has put 71 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.93 in August 2018 to 9.25, a 34% improvement. Xiaochun 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.25 | 10.83 | top 5.5% | 2,120 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 5.58 | 11.03 | top 22.6% | 1,413 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 53.26 | 56.45 | top 28.7% | 2,980 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 4.48 | 5.00 | top 32.7% | 5,603 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.41 | 12.82 | top 63.4% | 6,443 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.96 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,189 / 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
- 10 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.25 at Luoyang Spring 2024.
- 10 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Luoyang Spring 2024.
- 5 Aug 2018First competition: Ningxia Open 2018. A 13.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Luoyang Spring 2024 · 10 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021 · 11 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Ningxia Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018
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 15 rounds, finished ahead once
- Chi Zhang (张弛) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zexin Wang (王泽鑫) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.