People · United States
Ben Nguyen
3×3 · top 62.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023NGUY42
Ben Nguyen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 30.13, set at Cube Against Cancer Houston 2026, puts him in the top 62.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37,461st in the United States. Across 8 competitions since August 2023, he has put 66 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 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.87 in August 2023 to 30.13, a 36% improvement. Ben 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 | 30.13 | 33.02 | top 62.8% | 37,461 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 7.79 | 15.75 | top 66.4% | 27,428 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 25.64 | 35.70 | top 95.2% | 18,257 / 18,907 |
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
- 26 Aug 2023First competition: Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023. A 46.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- GAN Southern Championship 2026 · 11 Jun 2026
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Humble Cube Rumble Summer 2024 · 30 Jun 2024
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
- Space City Winter 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Longhorn Cube Day 2023 · 28 Oct 2023
- Brazos Cubing Fall 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023 · 26 Aug 2023
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.
- Siwoo Kim — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Pilat — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Siddharth Reddy — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.