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Xinjie Ma (马鑫杰)

3×3 · top 0.63% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2021 · 2021MAXI01

Xinjie Ma (马鑫杰) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.22, set at Xuzhou Zenith 2026, puts him in the top 0.63% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 231st in China. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2021, he has put 177 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.19 in April 2021 to 6.22, a 49% improvement. Xinjie has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.63% of 284,439 all-time
6.22
signature single · Xuzhou Zenith 2026
177
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×36.227.53
top 0.63%231 / 28,153
2×21.303.01
top 1.4%157 / 15,796
Pyraminx3.595.54
top 5.8%692 / 10,224
3×3 blindfolded3:55.92
early days — 2 solves924 / 1,183

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

Beijing Spring PM 2021: 12.19Xuzhou Open PM 2021: 12.30Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021: 14.07Zibo Open 2024: 8.77Tianjin Open 2024: 7.42Beijing Winter 2025: 7.67Hefei Open 2025: 6.52Beijing Winter 2026: 6.63Xuzhou Zenith 2026: 6.22Beijing Autumn Begins 2026: 7.126.2214.074 Apr 202122 Aug 2026

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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.