People · China
Zeyu Ma (马泽余)
3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018MAZE01
Zeyu Ma (马泽余) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.35, set at Pennsylvania Championship 2022, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,207th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since April 2018, he has put 477 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.10 in April 2018 to 9.35, a 16% improvement. Zeyu has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.35 | 11.22 | top 5.7% | 2,207 / 28,153 | |
| 5×5 | 1:03.17 | 1:11.50 | top 7.3% | 349 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.06 | 18.50 | top 10.4% | 1,014 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 2.65 | 5.97 | top 10.4% | 1,590 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 38.83 | 44.75 | top 10.7% | 1,141 / 5,926 | |
| 6×6 | 2:15.13 | 2:23.09 | top 18.0% | 392 / 1,349 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.78 | 9.35 | top 18.4% | 2,112 / 10,224 | |
| 7×7 | 3:44.77 | 4:00.47 | top 25.2% | 506 / 1,261 | |
| Megaminx | 1:41.32 | 1:56.04 | top 35.4% | 1,048 / 1,678 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Empire State Spring 2023.
- 17 Jun 2022Six personal bests in one day at Pennsylvania Championship 2022.
- 7 May 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.40 at Princeton Spring 2022.
- 7 May 2022Four personal bests in one day at Princeton Spring 2022.
- 7 Dec 2019Four personal bests in one day at Beijing Winter 2019.
- 30 Apr 2018First competition: Beijing Open 2018. A 11.10 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2024 · 2 Nov 2024
- South Jersey Speedsolving 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Cumberland County Cubing 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Square-Fun in Bloomsburg 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Return to Quabbin 2023 · 24 Jun 2023
- GCU Spring 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cougar Qualifier 2023 · 29 Apr 2023
- Empire State Spring 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pennsylvania Championship 2022 · 17 Jun 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Princeton Spring 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2022 · 2 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu New Year Afternoon 2021 · 3 Jan 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Winter 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2019 · 17 Aug 2019
- Peking University Spring 2019 · 21 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Peking University 2018 · 9 Dec 2018
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018
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.
- Dana Yi — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Shaun Mack — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead once
- Carson Widjaja — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 3.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.