People · China
Xiaotian Ma (马晓田)
Pyraminx · top 3.0% of 130,891 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020MAXI01
Xiaotian Ma (马晓田) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.80, set at Chengdu Spring Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 361st in China. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2020, he has put 217 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.28 in January 2020 to 8.70, a 15% improvement. Xiaotian has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.80 | 5.39 | top 3.0% | 361 / 10,269 | |
| Skewb | 2.72 | 5.07 | top 3.7% | 193 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 | 8.70 | 9.92 | top 4.2% | 1,628 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 2.10 | 3.07 | top 5.5% | 773 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 35.22 | 38.11 | top 7.0% | 724 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 1:06.17 | 1:13.31 | top 9.2% | 457 / 2,857 | |
| Megaminx | 1:00.27 | 1:09.56 | top 10.2% | 276 / 1,693 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 30 moves | 34.67 | top 14.8% | 153 / 1,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.15 | 20.21 | top 15.5% | 1,547 / 5,994 | |
| 6×6 | 2:15.30 | 2:26.18 | top 18.2% | 409 / 1,363 | |
| Square-1 | 15.95 | 17.91 | top 18.6% | 300 / 1,373 | |
| 7×7 | 3:29.18 | 3:43.42 | top 19.5% | 409 / 1,274 | |
| Clock | 10.42 | 11.13 | top 27.0% | 649 / 1,887 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:20.32 | 2:45.43 | top 40.3% | 586 / 1,184 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 4 of 6 cubes · 49:04 | — | early days — 1 solve | 222 / 279 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 17:03.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 137 / 149 |
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
- 15 Aug 2025Nine personal bests in one day at Vietnam Championship 2025.
- 4 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.70 at Chengdu Spring Open 2025.
- 1 Jan 2020First competition: Xi'an New Year 2020. A 11.38 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhengzhou Summer IV 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Vietnam Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 9 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2025 · 27 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Please Be Quiet Beijing 2024 · 18 Aug 2024
- Xi'an New Year 2020 · 1 Jan 2020 — 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.
- Yiqun Liu (刘轶群) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Chi Zhang (张弛) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Yiming Lin (林伊铭) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.