People · Vietnam
Alex Nguyen
2×2 · top 17.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025NGUY04
Alex Nguyen has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.27, set at Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025, puts him in the top 17.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 358th in Vietnam. Across 5 competitions since January 2025, he has put 82 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.59 in January 2025 to 16.44, a 50% improvement. Alex has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Vietnam | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.27 | 7.86 | top 17.4% | 358 / 1,714 | |
| 3×3 | 16.44 | 18.63 | top 29.2% | 1,628 / 2,913 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.58 | 14.32 | top 57.5% | 522 / 750 |
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
- 18 Apr 2026First sub-20 3×3: 16.92 at Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026.
- 22 Feb 2025First sub-30 3×3: 20.75 at Sqauckland 2025.
- 17 Jan 2025First competition: A New Year in Auckland 2025. A 32.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Auckland Winter Open 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Sqauckland 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- A New Year in Auckland 2025 · 17 Jan 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.
- Lachlan Gibson — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
- Brandon Harris — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Thomas Swarbrick — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.