In the past year (2025), Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) competed in 18 competitions and 186 rounds across 13 events, from Feb 8th to Dec 28th.
Podiums
He has been on the podium 12 times across 7 events, including 1 gold, 3 silvers, and 8 bronzes.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Skewb | 1 | | 1 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | | 1 | 2 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | | 1 | 1 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | | 1 | 1 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | | | 1 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | | | 1 |
| Clock | | | 1 |
Solves/Attempts
He attempted 908 solves and completed 875.
| Event | Solves | Attempts |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 139 | 140 |
| Pyraminx | 127 | 130 |
| Skewb | 124 | 130 |
| 2x2x2 Cube | 117 | 120 |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 79 | 80 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 65 | 65 |
| Clock | 58 | 75 |
| Megaminx | 49 | 50 |
| Square-1 | 44 | 45 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 40 | 40 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 18 | 18 |
| 7x7x7 Cube | 12 | 12 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 3 | 3 |
Personal Bests
He broke his personal best 40 times across 11 events, including 19 singles and 21 averages.
| Event | Times | Single | Average |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| Pyraminx | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Clock | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Megaminx | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Skewb | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Square-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Improvements of Single
| Event | ≤2024 | 2025 | Improvement |
| Pyraminx | 2.38 | 1.56 | 0.82 (52.56%) |
| Clock | 6.11 | 4.02 | 2.09 (51.99%) |
| Skewb | 1.67 | 1.27 | 0.40 (31.50%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 10.11 | 8.40 | 1.71 (20.36%) |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 23.17 | 20.86 | 2.31 (11.07%) |
| Square-1 | 7.33 | 6.68 | 0.65 (9.73%) |
| 3x3x3 Fewest Moves | 24 | 22 | 2 (9.09%) |
| Megaminx | 46.02 | 43.57 | 2.45 (5.62%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 1:35.95 | 1:31.83 | 4.12 (4.49%) |
| 3x3x3 Cube | 5.54 | 5.44 | 0.10 (1.84%) |
Improvements of Average
| Event | ≤2024 | 2025 | Improvement |
| Pyraminx | 3.73 | 2.42 | 1.31 (54.13%) |
| Skewb | 3.15 | 2.23 | 0.92 (41.26%) |
| Clock | 7.55 | 5.86 | 1.69 (28.84%) |
| 3x3x3 One-Handed | 12.29 | 10.86 | 1.43 (13.17%) |
| Megaminx | 54.12 | 49.23 | 4.89 (9.93%) |
| 5x5x5 Cube | 47.54 | 44.42 | 3.12 (7.02%) |
| 4x4x4 Cube | 27.04 | 25.73 | 1.31 (5.09%) |
| 6x6x6 Cube | 1:39.98 | 1:39.81 | 0.17 (0.17%) |
Cubers
He met 1930 cubers from 14 countries/regions, 542 of whom competed with him more than once.
| Shared Competitions | Competitors |
| 1 | 1388 |
| 2 | 277 |
| 3 | 117 |
| 4 | 63 |
| 5 | 41 |
| 6 | 15 |
| 7 | 11 |
| 8 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 |
| 10 | 4 |
| 11 | 2 |
| 12 | 1 |
| All | 1930 |
Regions
He competed in 2 countries/regions.
| Region | Times |
| China | 17 |
| Hong Kong | 1 |
Cities
In China, he visited 13 cities while competing.
| City | Times |
| Guangzhou | 3 |
| Taizhou | 2 |
| Zhengzhou | 2 |
| Hong Kong | 1 |
| Chengdu | 1 |
| Luoyang | 1 |
| Xuzhou | 1 |
| Huzhou | 1 |
| Nanchang | 1 |
| Shenyang | 1 |
| Xi'an | 1 |
| Jiangmen | 1 |
| Hangzhou | 1 |
