People · Australia
Yanbo Ma
2×2 · top 4.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022MAYA02
Yanbo Ma has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.93, set at Victorian Open 2022, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 340th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since April 2022, he has put 66 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 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.20 in April 2022 to 1.93, a 54% improvement. Yanbo has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.93 | 4.14 | top 4.3% | 340 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 | 9.68 | 11.54 | top 6.6% | 615 / 11,943 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.44 | 11.75 | top 40.1% | 2,207 / 6,109 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.20 | 1:07.38 | top 42.1% | 1,135 / 3,108 | |
| 5×5 | 2:21.50 | — | early days — 2 solves | 872 / 1,412 | |
| Skewb | 12.69 | 15.08 | top 69.4% | 2,386 / 3,589 |
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
- 4 Jun 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.68 at Victorian Open 2022.
- 4 Jun 2022Five personal bests in one day at Victorian Open 2022.
- 23 Apr 2022First competition: Wonderful Williamstown 2022. A 11.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Victorian Open 2022 · 4 Jun 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Wonderful Williamstown 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 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.
- Jacob Joshi — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Myles Jarman — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.