People · Germany
Bao Chau Nguyen
Pyraminx · top 5.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018NGUY42
Bao Chau Nguyen has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.43, set at Cube Weekend Sint Michielsgestel 2019, puts her in the top 5.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 118th in Germany. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since November 2018, she has put 272 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 38.65 in November 2018 to 16.53, a 57% improvement. Bao has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.43 | 8.35 | top 5.2% | 118 / 1,987 | |
| 2×2 | 3.41 | 6.65 | top 19.1% | 651 / 2,875 | |
| Skewb | 5.70 | 13.07 | top 23.4% | 312 / 1,169 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.69 | 32.21 | top 27.9% | 372 / 1,314 | |
| 3×3 | 16.53 | 19.13 | top 29.5% | 1,442 / 4,109 | |
| 4×4 | 1:25.94 | 1:48.44 | top 60.6% | 1,157 / 1,934 |
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
- 19 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at German Nationals 2022.
- 12 Oct 2019First sub-20 3×3: 18.07 at Dutch Open 2019.
- 11 May 2019First sub-30 3×3: 25.71 at Hessen Open 2019.
- 3 Nov 2018First competition: German Big Cube Open 2018. A 38.65 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Aachen Open 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kölner Kubing 2023 · 11 Nov 2023
- German Nationals 2023 · 4 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2022 · 19 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- German Mini Open A 2021 · 6 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- German Big Cube Open 2019 · 26 Oct 2019
- Dutch Open 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Rhein-Neckar Open 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Breda Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Hessen Open 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- German Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Weekend Sint Michielsgestel 2019 · 22 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- German Big Cube Open 2018 · 3 Nov 2018
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 her.
- Jan Bentlage — met in 55 rounds, never finished ahead
- Simone Ohler — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Joel Cetra — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as she improves.