People · United States
Arvin Nguyen
Clock · top 4.4% of 32,048 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022NGUY42
Arvin Nguyen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 4.97, set at Don't DNF Davis 2026, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 354th in the United States. Until April 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2022, he has put 120 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His Clock best has come down from 5.97 in June 2024 to 4.97, a 17% improvement. Arvin has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 4.97 | 5.79 | top 4.4% | 354 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 | 11.32 | 13.09 | top 11.5% | 6,210 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.25 | 4.02 | top 17.2% | 6,726 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 5.19 | 10.75 | top 19.6% | 3,128 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 19.88 | 24.00 | top 27.8% | 1,824 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 58.77 | 1:06.53 | top 35.1% | 5,659 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.48 | 33.27 | top 35.5% | 4,687 / 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, Clock. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Apr 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.07 at Duper Super Davis Spring 2026.
- 19 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Duper Super Davis Spring 2026.
- 17 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2025.
- 13 Oct 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.69 at GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2024.
- 10 Sep 2022First competition: Berkeley Fall 2022. A 25.98 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Davis Big Summer 2026 · 8 Aug 2026
- Duper Super Davis Spring 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Don't DNF Davis 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2024 · 13 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- GA Cubers Warm Up 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2022 · 10 Sep 2022
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.
- Mason Wong — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Isaac Modrow — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Sebastian Stone — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.