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Brendon Nguyen

3×3 · top 42.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2009 · 2009NGUY07

Brendon Nguyen has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.04, set at DFW Cubing Fall 2023, puts him in the top 42.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24,512th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2009, he has put 45 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.50 in November 2009 to 21.04, a 39% improvement. Brendon has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 42.8% of 284,439 all-time
21.04
signature single · DFW Cubing Fall 2023
45
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×321.0423.18
top 42.8%24,512 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed37.1647.17
top 61.1%8,597 / 15,683
Pyraminx13.4117.22
top 75.1%22,231 / 28,708

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

Austin Fall competition 2009: 34.50Dallas Open 2011: 21.25DFW Cubing Fall 2023: 21.0421.0434.5014 Nov 200917 Dec 2023

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 7.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.