With three Olympic and World Championship medals, Malone is tied as the ninth most decorated U.S. male gymnast of all time.

[2] Malone attended Trion High School and later graduated from Stanford University with a degree in management science and engineering.

[8] Malone competed at the 2017 Junior Olympic National Championships where he won silver in the all-around behind Bennet Huang.

[10] Malone was later selected to represent the US at the International Junior Gymnastics Competition in Japan.

[14] Malone was selected to represent the United States at the 2019 Pan American Games where he helped the U.S. finish second as a team behind Brazil.

[17] Malone returned to competition at the 2021 NCAA Championships, where he helped Stanford defend their team title.

[22] Malone was joined by Yul Moldauer, Sam Mikulak, and Shane Wiskus to form the United States men's Olympic gymnastics team.

[25] During the all-around final, Malone finished tenth; however he successfully competed his new skill on the parallel bars, a shoot up to handstand and fall back to support with ¾ turn mount, which now bears his name in the code of points.

[29] On the first day of event finals, Malone won bronze on pommel horse behind Filip Ude and Illia Kovtun and placed sixth on rings.

[32] In June, Malone was selected to represent the United States at the Pan American Championships alongside Riley Loos, Yul Moldauer, Colt Walker, and Shane Wiskus.

[35] In late July, Malone competed at the U.S. Classic where he won the all-around title with a score of 88.558 (86.000 without bonus).

As a result, he and second-place finisher Donnell Whittenburg were selected to represent the United States at the World Championships.

[40] During the horizontal bar final, Malone beat Daiki Hashimoto by 0.1 point, and became the second American to win a world gold on the apparatus after Kurt Thomas did so in 1979.

[41] Malone was selected to represent the United States at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge in March 2023 alongside Yul Moldauer, Asher Hong, Fred Richard, and Shane Wiskus.

During event finals, Malone injured his knee while dismounting from the horizontal bar, which required surgery at a local hospital to get an external fixator installed.

[42] Upon returning to Stanford Malone then underwent a second surgery to repair a tibial plateau fracture, a meniscus tear, and cartilage damage.

[43] Malone returned to competition at the 2024 Winter Cup but only competed on pommel horse, rings, and parallel bars.