In the past year (2021), Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) competed in 13 competitions and 133 rounds across 17 events, from Jan 2nd to Jun 20th.
Podiums
He has been on the podium 16 times across 8 events, including 3 golds, 5 silvers, and 8 bronzes.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 2 | | |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 1 | | |
| Skewb | | 1 | 3 |
| 3x3x3 Cube | | 1 | 2 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | | 1 | 2 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | | 1 | |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | | 1 | |
| 7x7x7 Cube | | | 1 |
Solves/Attempts
He attempted 614 solves and completed 574.
| Event | Solves | Attempts |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 134 | 135 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 70 | 70 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 60 | 60 |
| Megaminx | 59 | 60 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 50 | 50 |
| Skewb | 45 | 45 |
| Pyraminx | 40 | 40 |
| Square-1 | 30 | 30 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 29 | 30 |
| Clock | 25 | 35 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 12 | 12 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 9 | 10 |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 5 | 24 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 5 | 6 |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | 1 | 2 |
| 4x4x4 Blindfolded | 0 | 2 |
| 5x5x5 Blindfolded | 0 | 3 |
Personal Bests
He broke his personal best 55 times across 13 events, including 24 singles and 31 averages.
| Event | Times | Single | Average |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Megaminx | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Clock | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pyraminx | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Square-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Improvements of Single
| Event | ≤2020 | 2021 | Improvement |
| Megaminx | 1:27.07 | 46.33 | 40.74 (87.93%) |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 1.20 | 0.73 | 0.47 (64.38%) |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 4:32.85 | 3:10.62 | 1:22.23 (43.14%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 2:42.80 | 1:55.98 | 46.82 (40.37%) |
| Clock | 9.44 | 6.91 | 2.53 (36.61%) |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 7.56 | 5.55 | 2.01 (36.22%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 1:14.45 | 57.89 | 16.56 (28.61%) |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 34.03 | 28.55 | 5.48 (19.19%) |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 33 | 30 | 3 (10.00%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 11.84 | 10.95 | 0.89 (8.13%) |
| Pyraminx | 2.53 | 2.38 | 0.15 (6.30%) |
| 3x3x3 Multi-Blind | - | 3/3 15:10 | - |
Improvements of Average
| Event | ≤2020 | 2021 | Improvement |
| Megaminx | 1:40.95 | 54.12 | 46.83 (86.53%) |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 2.82 | 1.54 | 1.28 (83.12%) |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 4:44.81 | 3:13.11 | 1:31.70 (47.49%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 1:23.31 | 1:00.82 | 22.49 (36.98%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 2:51.05 | 2:10.51 | 40.54 (31.06%) |
| Clock | 11.34 | 8.88 | 2.46 (27.70%) |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 37.78 | 31.75 | 6.03 (18.99%) |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 35.67 | 30.33 | 5.34 (17.61%) |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 9.36 | 8.03 | 1.33 (16.56%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 15.25 | 13.30 | 1.95 (14.66%) |
| Square-1 | 17.24 | 15.10 | 2.14 (14.17%) |
Cubers
He met 1057 cubers from 8 countries/regions, 216 of whom competed with him more than once.
| Shared Competitions | Competitors |
| 1 | 841 |
| 2 | 142 |
| 3 | 44 |
| 4 | 16 |
| 5 | 7 |
| 6 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 |
| 8 | 2 |
| All | 1057 |
Regions
He competed in 1 country/region.
Cities
In China, he visited 11 cities while competing.
| City | Times |
| Beijing | 2 |
| Xi'an | 2 |
| Nanchang | 1 |
| Jieyang | 1 |
| Shaoxing | 1 |
| Hangzhou | 1 |
| Zhengzhou | 1 |
| Xuzhou | 1 |
| Guangzhou | 1 |
| Wuhan | 1 |
| Tianjin | 1 |
