People · United States
Aden Wu Nguyen
3×3 · top 20.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025NGUY15
Aden Wu Nguyen has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.83, set at Westerns Warmup Riverside B 2026, puts him in the top 20.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,981st in the United States. Across 8 competitions since March 2025, he has put 87 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.64 in March 2025 to 13.83, a 30% improvement. Aden has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.83 | 18.88 | top 20.4% | 10,981 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 7.64 | 9.10 | top 65.4% | 26,948 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 20.71 | — | top 66.8% | 5,732 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.00 | 20.31 | top 67.2% | 19,864 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:57.14 | — | top 98.0% | 15,366 / 15,683 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 May 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.83 at Westerns Warmup Riverside B 2026.
- 16 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Westerns Warmup Riverside B 2026.
- 30 Mar 2025First competition: Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025. A 19.64 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Westerns Warmup Riverside B 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- City of STEM LA 2026 · 26 Apr 2026
- Poly Cubed at Pomona 2026 · 22 Mar 2026
- UCLA Spring 2026 · 15 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Temecula Valley Winter 2025 · 13 Dec 2025
- West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025 · 22 Jun 2025
- Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025 · 30 Mar 2025
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Liv Coverdale — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Peyton Oxford — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Emil Lazaryev — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.