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Ziyue Ma (马子越)

4×4 · top 9.1% of 83,917 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017MAZI02

Ziyue Ma (马子越) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 37.36, set at Ningxia Open 2019, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 953rd in China. Until October 2009, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2017, he has put 110 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Ziyue has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 9.1% of 83,917 all-time
37.36
signature single · Ningxia Open 2019
110
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
4×437.3647.77
top 9.1%953 / 5,926
3×311.5113.47
top 12.2%4,804 / 28,153
Pyraminx5.919.75
top 19.3%2,213 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed22.0623.80
top 26.2%2,583 / 5,922
5×51:34.051:50.47
top 30.7%1,391 / 2,816
2×24.626.41
top 34.5%5,924 / 15,796
Skewb10.5015.26
top 58.0%3,200 / 5,004
6×64:14.024:43.32
early days — 3 solves1,186 / 1,349

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

Ningxia Open 2017: 11.68Ningxia Open 2018: 13.46Ningxia Open 2019: 11.5111.5113.4613 Aug 201718 Aug 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-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.36 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.