In the past year (2024), Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) competed in 14 competitions and 131 rounds across 13 events, from Mar 30th to Dec 21st.
Podiums
He has been on the podium 10 times across 5 events, including 3 silvers and 7 bronzes.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 5x5x5 Cube | | 2 | 3 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | | 1 | |
| 4x4x4 Cube | | | 2 |
| 3x3x3 Cube | | | 1 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | | | 1 |
Solves/Attempts
He attempted 613 solves and completed 589.
| Event | Solves | Attempts |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 105 | 105 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 88 | 90 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 63 | 65 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 60 | 60 |
| Square-1 | 45 | 45 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 41 | 45 |
| Clock | 41 | 50 |
| Skewb | 34 | 35 |
| Megaminx | 29 | 30 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 24 | 24 |
| Pyraminx | 24 | 25 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 21 | 21 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 14 | 18 |
Personal Bests
He broke his personal best 42 times across 9 events, including 21 singles and 21 averages.
| Event | Times | Single | Average |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Clock | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Square-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Improvements of Single
| Event | ≤2023 | 2024 | Improvement |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 3:06.76 | 2:30.29 | 36.47 (24.27%) |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 28.24 | 23.17 | 5.07 (21.88%) |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 29 | 24 | 5 (20.83%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 48.19 | 41.89 | 6.30 (15.04%) |
| Clock | 6.91 | 6.11 | 0.80 (13.09%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 1:44.06 | 1:35.95 | 8.11 (8.45%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 10.49 | 10.11 | 0.38 (3.76%) |
| Square-1 | 7.43 | 7.33 | 0.10 (1.36%) |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 5.55 | 5.54 | 0.01 (0.18%) |
Improvements of Average
| Event | ≤2023 | 2024 | Improvement |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 3:13.11 | 2:41.25 | 31.86 (19.76%) |
| Clock | 8.88 | 7.55 | 1.33 (17.62%) |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 30.90 | 27.04 | 3.86 (14.28%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 1:52.86 | 1:39.98 | 12.88 (12.88%) |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 7.66 | 6.82 | 0.84 (12.32%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 51.02 | 47.54 | 3.48 (7.32%) |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 30.33 | 28.67 | 1.66 (5.79%) |
Cubers
He met 2345 cubers from 64 countries/regions, 393 of whom competed with him more than once.
| Shared Competitions | Competitors |
| 1 | 1952 |
| 2 | 230 |
| 3 | 89 |
| 4 | 38 |
| 5 | 18 |
| 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 4 |
| 8 | 2 |
| All | 2345 |
Regions
He competed in 3 countries/regions.
| Region | Times |
| China | 11 |
| Hong Kong | 1 |
| Malaysia | 1 |
Cities
In China, he visited 9 cities while competing.
| City | Times |
| Huzhou | 2 |
| Guangzhou | 2 |
| Hong Kong | 1 |
| Chengdu | 1 |
| Shanghai | 1 |
| Xi'an | 1 |
| Taizhou | 1 |
| Zhengzhou | 1 |
| Yancheng | 1 |
