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Brandon Nguyen

2×2 · top 13.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016NGUY05

Brandon Nguyen has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.94, set at Canadian Open 2017, puts him in the top 13.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 911th in Canada. Across 10 competitions since January 2016, he has put 162 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 45.30 in January 2016 to 19.09, a 58% improvement. Brandon has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 13.6% of 186,767 all-time
2.94
signature single · Canadian Open 2017
162
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×22.947.19
top 13.6%911 / 7,173
Clock10.0512.01
top 25.3%226 / 1,029
Pyraminx7.2610.27
top 30.0%1,311 / 4,858
3×319.0926.08
top 37.3%3,697 / 10,392
Skewb9.5913.12
top 52.4%1,436 / 2,907
4×41:33.34
top 66.1%1,895 / 3,118
3×3 one-handed51.61
top 78.2%1,919 / 2,620

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

Edmonton Open Winter 2016: 45.30Calgary Open Spring 2016: 32.57Edmonton Limited Summer 2016: 26.03Calgary Limited Fall 2016: 24.38Canadian Open 2017: 19.09Battle for Foothills Limited 2018: 28.14Foothills Fright 2018: 25.143x3 Only Calgary 2019: 29.35Foothills Final Fight 2019: 24.9219.0945.3030 Jan 201625 May 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
  • A sub-10 Clock single — 8,040 people have one; it is 0.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.