player info

ababa
formerly known as
IceDynamix, Eistal

Germany ababa

Global Ranking

#1,016

Country Ranking

Medals

104

12,254

Total Play Time

26d 19h 30m

1,416

473

Ranked Score: 1,872,282,073

Hit Accuracy: 95.79%

Play Count: 22,490

Total Score: 11,509,357,897

Total Hits: 34,189,426

Maximum Combo: 6,055

Replays Watched by Others: 171

66%

Joined

Last seen 12 hours ago

Plays with Keyboard, Tablet

Contributed 181 forum posts

Posted 116 comments

Karlsruhe

programming

uni student

@IceDynamix

icedynamix

me!Ranks Beatmaps Recent Historical Medals Kudosu!

me!

bonus

any pronouns
born june 20th 2002 in germany from 2 vietnamese parents
studying computer science in university in karlsruhe (github)
working on my own rhythm game "flourish"

love myself some bubble tea, honkai star rail, xenoblade chronicles, monster hunter

ababa

as a player
hot take: reading is the most important skill. everything is reading. every single skill you learn is based on pattern recognition, and we call that reading. improve your reading and everything else will follow.

4k reform gamma
7k reg 9th (95.8 gamma) / ln gamma (with percy)
mania peak #264 on 12 jan 2022

std peak #32k in nov 2024
taiko peak #4.8k in dec 2024

sdvx 18.4vf

skill ambitions

mania

✅ flaming jacks | st8 flameflower pass
✅ blazing jacks | st8 flameflower S rank
❌ gamma trilogy | 4k gamma ✅, 7k regular gamma ❌, 7k ln gamma ✅ (percy) (end of journey)

taiko

❌ absolute lunacy | lunaticon pass
❌ complex complex | crazy crazy pass
❌ veil of godhood | entitled beings (truth in uncertainty) HT pass
❌ beyond the stars | apollo pass

multi-mode
❌ 12 stars | fc a 3 star map in all gamemodes (catch missing)
❌ 16 stars | fc a 4 star map in all gamemodes (catch missing)
❌ 20 stars | fc a 5 star map in all gamemodes (catch missing)

player activity

2016
jun osu standard mainmode peak 70k, mania sidemode

2017
jun mania 4k+7k mainmode
aug 4 digit
oct rank 5k

2018
may-dec2019 etterna grind
may rank 2k
oct 3 digit
nov 2 week standard, peak 50k
dec 7k 2nd dan
dec 4k 10th shoegazer dan

2019
jan 7k 4th rice 4th ln dan
mar 4k alpha dan
mar 4k gamma dan choke 95.89
jul 7k 5th rice dan
oct 7k 5th ln dan

2020
jan 7k 6th ln dan
mar 7k 6th rice dan
apr 7k 7th rice dan
apr 4k gamma clear

1 year break

2021
may 7k 8th rice dan
may 7k 8th ln dan
may 7k 9th rice dan choke 95.99
nov 7k 10th rice dan choke 95.85
dec 7k 9th ln dan

2022
jan 7k gamma rice dan choke 95.47
jan-jul inverse LN grind in quaver
jul 7k st8 flameflower S rank
jul 7k gamma ln dan (with percy)
nov taiko mainmode in lazer

2023
may taiko first 5* fc
jun 3 week mania grind to clear 7k gamma (couldnt do it)
jul standard mainmode (140k->95k)
sept taiko/catch/mania multimode
oct standard grind
nov sdvx grind
jan standard/taiko grind

playstyle

standard

ctl-490 tablet 70mm width, full alt, wintherest skin or yugen skin with minimal edits
skillset biased around tapping mostly streams (speed/stamina) and alt

mania

7k with right thumb, focus on wrist motion, left scratch, skin linked at top of userpage
4k skillset biased around jacks and dense js/hs
7k skillset biased around jacks
play without cut ln

taiko

kddk full alt, wintherest skin
no skillset bias so far

tournaments played

2017: sylvus open, std #50-90k, ro64
2017: eclipse tournament, mania 4k, qf
2019: soft4, mania 4k, ro64
2022: 7k mwc, quals
2023: igts, taiko #10k-5k, semis
2023: mcl, mania 4k, ro32
2023: osus, multimode, 3rd
2023: ocl, std tier 2, qualifiers
2024: mcl, mania 4k, losers quarters
2024: blitz brawl 6, std, qualifiers

i mean i guess tetrio tournament too
2020: underdogs cup 1, d-s rank, second place

sdvx grind log

terminology

c = clear (effective rate)
hc = hard clear (excessive rate)
uc= ultimate chain (full combo)
puc = perfect ultimate chain
vf = volforce (average level of top 50)
dan = dan course clear

2023

nov 4: acquired controller
nov 5: first 15 hc (fin4le)
nov 7: first 16 hc (ultimate inflation)
nov 8: 14vf
nov 8: first 15 uc (アオアラシ)
nov 10: first 17 c (sailing force)
nov 13: karakuri pierrot mxm 16 hc (my favorite song)
nov 16: first 16 uc (macuilxochitl)
nov 17: first 17 hc (sailing force)
nov 17: 15vf
nov 17: 9 dan
nov 19: 15.5vf
nov 21: 16vf
nov 22: first 18 c (innocent azure)
nov 22: 16.25vf
nov 26: first 18 hc (innocent azure)
nov 27: 16.5vf
nov 29: 50x 17 hc
nov 29: 16.75vf

dec 4: 30 days of sdvx

dec 5: 17vf
dec 6: 10 dan
dec 8: first 19 clear (freedom dive)
dec 11: first 19 hc (freedom dive)
dec 11: 17.25vf
dec 14: 11 dan
dec 17: 17.5vf

dec 19-25: 6 day break to visit my family

may 20: start grinding again
may 20: 17.75vf
may 28: first 20 c (lachryma)
may 29: 18vf
july 29: first 17 uc (inscape)

as a spreadsheeter/staffer
my programming journey started with sheets actually. no joke. prolly have more than 500 sheets in my drives at this point.

my tournament spreadsheet templates, contains templates for mappooling, qualifier analysis and ref sheets

dms are open for spreadsheet related questions
generally not open for tournament sheeting (but open for sheeting commissions)

let's make a ref sheet, a video tutorial series on how to create a ref sheet for use in tournaments FROM SCRATCH
list of all of my spreadsheet designs for reference (not updated)

tournaments staffed

very very very outdated list
you'll mostly find me sheeting for second circle
tetrio: underdogs cup 2-? as tech

as a mapper
always push yourself when mapping. theres little to be gained from making a map that was easy to make. focusing on the end result will make you lose track of improving. *refer to my mapping document, chapter 3

yes, you can use my maps in your tournaments. please notify me.

~ my favorite map ~
3 pillars of mapping, a video introduction to structuring your vsrg mapping
my mapping document. the result of 2 seasons of mentoring in the mapping mentorship

losing community choice 2020 by 1 vote