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Zhi Ma (马智)

3×3 · top 34.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016MAZH02

Zhi Ma (马智) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.00, set at Luoyang Spring 2025, puts him in the top 34.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,224th in China. Across 3 competitions since July 2016, he has put 28 official solves on the record across two events. Zhi has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 34.1% of 284,439 all-time
18.00
signature single · Luoyang Spring 2025
28
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×318.0021.40
top 34.1%12,224 / 28,153
Pyraminx8.618.83
top 41.5%4,456 / 10,224

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

Xining Summer Open 2016: 9.01Xuzhou Open 2024: 8.66Luoyang Spring 2025: 8.618.619.0131 Jul 20161 Mar 2025

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.00 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.