People · China
Zichao Ma (马子超)
3×3 · top 4.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025MAZI03
Zichao Ma (马子超) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.93, set at Yunnan Open 2025, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,836th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since June 2025, he has put 27 official solves on the record across five events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.93 | 11.53 | top 4.7% | 1,836 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.93 | 7.95 | top 19.5% | 2,254 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 3.94 | 5.16 | top 25.8% | 4,400 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 56.32 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,295 / 5,999 | |
| Skewb | 7.11 | 8.56 | top 34.6% | 2,117 / 5,030 |
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 story so far
- 22 Jun 2025First competition: Yunnan Open 2025. A 8.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Yunnan Open 2025 · 22 Jun 2025
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.
- Shibo Xu (徐仕博) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Zhenyu Sun (孙振宇) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Yuyang Ding (丁雨阳) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.