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Ying Ma (马颖)

3×3 · top 51.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2009 · 2009YING04

Ying Ma (马颖) has been competing for 17 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.67, set at Tianjin Open 2011, puts her in the top 51.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,537th in China. Across 2 competitions since May 2009, she has put 15 official solves on the record across two events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 34.46 in May 2009 to 24.67, a 28% improvement. Ying has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 51.9% of 284,439 all-time
24.67
signature single · Tianjin Open 2011
15
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×324.6729.80
top 51.9%16,537 / 28,153
2×210.5912.45
top 80.2%12,915 / 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

Beijing Metropolis Open 2009: 34.46Tianjin Open 2011: 24.6724.6734.462 May 200925 Dec 2011

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.67 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as she improves.