In the past year (2023), Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) competed in 4 competitions and 51 rounds across 14 events, from Oct 21st to Dec 24th.
Podiums
He has been on the podium 6 times across 4 events, including 2 golds, 1 silver, and 3 bronzes.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 1 | | 1 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 1 | | |
| Square-1 | | 1 | 1 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | | | 1 |
Solves/Attempts
He attempted 237 solves and completed 222.
| Event | Solves | Attempts |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 38 | 40 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 33 | 35 |
| Pyraminx | 24 | 25 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 20 | 20 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 20 | 20 |
| Skewb | 20 | 20 |
| Square-1 | 19 | 20 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 15 | 15 |
| Clock | 10 | 10 |
| Megaminx | 10 | 10 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 6 | 6 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 4 | 4 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 2 | 3 |
| 3x3x3 Blindfolded | 1 | 9 |
Personal Bests
He broke his personal best 24 times across 10 events, including 13 singles and 11 averages.
| Event | Times | Single | Average |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Square-1 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Megaminx | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Pyraminx | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Improvements of Single
| Event | ≤2022 | 2023 | Improvement |
| Square-1 | 11.66 | 7.43 | 4.23 (56.93%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 57.89 | 48.19 | 9.70 (20.13%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 1:55.98 | 1:44.06 | 11.92 (11.45%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 10.95 | 10.49 | 0.46 (4.39%) |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 30 | 29 | 1 (3.45%) |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 3:10.62 | 3:06.76 | 3.86 (2.07%) |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 28.55 | 28.24 | 0.31 (1.10%) |
| Megaminx | 46.33 | 46.02 | 0.31 (0.67%) |
Improvements of Average
| Event | ≤2022 | 2023 | Improvement |
| Square-1 | 15.10 | 10.97 | 4.13 (37.65%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 1:00.82 | 51.02 | 9.80 (19.21%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 2:10.51 | 1:52.86 | 17.65 (15.64%) |
| Pyraminx | 4.11 | 3.73 | 0.38 (10.19%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 13.30 | 12.29 | 1.01 (8.22%) |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 8.03 | 7.66 | 0.37 (4.83%) |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 31.75 | 30.90 | 0.85 (2.75%) |
Cubers
He met 530 cubers from 13 countries/regions, 41 of whom competed with him more than once.
| Shared Competitions | Competitors |
| 1 | 489 |
| 2 | 35 |
| 3 | 6 |
| All | 530 |
Regions
He competed in 2 countries/regions.
| Region | Times |
| China | 3 |
| Hong Kong | 1 |
Cities
In China, he visited 4 cities while competing.
| City | Times |
| Hong Kong | 1 |
| Hefei | 1 |
| Xi'an | 1 |
| Changsha | 1 |
