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Yang Ma (马扬)

3×3 · top 20.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017MAYA03

Yang Ma (马扬) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.79, set at Xinxiang Open 2019, puts him in the top 20.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,840th in China. Across 5 competitions since November 2017, he has put 78 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.48 in November 2017 to 13.79, a 29% improvement. Yang has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 20.2% of 284,439 all-time
13.79
signature single · Xinxiang Open 2019
78
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.7917.09
top 20.2%7,840 / 28,153
4×447.3354.45
top 21.2%2,292 / 5,926
2×25.346.23
top 43.5%7,489 / 15,796

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

Jinan Open 2017: 19.48Hefei Summer 2019: 19.18Heze Open 2019: 13.99Xinxiang Open 2019: 13.79Shandong Open 2019: 17.2813.7919.4818 Nov 20174 Oct 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.79 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 7.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.