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Xingzhu Ma (麻兴竹)

3×3 · top 21.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017MAXI02

Xingzhu Ma (麻兴竹) has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.22, set at Lishui University Open 2018, puts her in the top 21.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,357th in China. Across 6 competitions since April 2017, she has put 57 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 19.50 in April 2017 to 14.22, a 27% improvement. Xingzhu has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 21.7% of 284,439 all-time
14.22
signature single · Lishui University Open 2018
57
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×314.2216.81
top 21.7%8,357 / 28,153
2×24.499.07
top 32.8%5,624 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed33.36
top 54.1%4,549 / 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

Nanchang Spring 2017: 19.50Wenzhou Open 2017: 18.64China Championship 2017: 14.76Jinhua New Year's Day 2018: 16.65Lishui University Open 2018: 14.22Hangzhou Autumn 2019: 15.8114.2219.5015 Apr 20179 Nov 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.22 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.49 away.

Targets move as she improves.