People · Australia
Brian Nguyen
Skewb · top 0.34% of 73,281 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018NGUY37
Brian Nguyen has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.43, set at WCA World Championship 2019, puts him in the top 0.34% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19th in Australia. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since August 2018, he has put 632 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.89 in August 2018 to 6.40, a 57% improvement. Brian has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.43 | 5.91 | top 0.34% | 19 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 | 6.40 | 8.83 | top 0.77% | 81 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 1.24 | 3.04 | top 1.2% | 121 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.32 | 3.93 | top 1.8% | 92 / 5,993 | |
| 4×4 | 40.47 | 42.62 | top 12.7% | 316 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.90 | 22.19 | top 14.8% | 331 / 2,659 | |
| Square-1 | 20.06 | 25.78 | top 28.1% | 275 / 899 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.06 | 1:46.24 | top 29.9% | 410 / 1,356 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 216 / 468 | |
| Megaminx | 2:59.57 | — | early days — 2 solves | 997 / 1,277 | |
| 6×6 | 5:33.11 | — | early days — 2 solves | 556 / 641 |
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
- 28 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Fortitude Sydney 2019.
- 25 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Harold Park Classic 2019.
- 11 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at WCA World Championship 2019.
- 13 Apr 2019Four personal bests in one day at Koalafication Canberra 2019.
- 16 Mar 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.37 at Koalafication Sydney 2019.
- 16 Mar 2019Six personal bests in one day at Koalafication Sydney 2019.
Competitions
- Australian Nationals 2022 · 30 Sep 2022
- NSW Open 2022 · 11 Jun 2022
- Marrickville Autumn Sunday 2021 · 23 May 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Sydney Re-Open Sunday 2021 · 28 Mar 2021
- Going to The Gong 2020 · 16 Feb 2020
- Ha Noi Cube Day 2020 · 5 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Sydney Open 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Odd Day in Sydney 2019 · 10 Nov 2019
- Fortitude Sydney 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Harold Park Classic 2019 · 25 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Koalafication Canberra 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Koalafication Sydney 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Cool Down Sydney 2019 · 10 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Odd Day in Sydney 2018 · 11 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Warm Up Sydney 2018 · 19 Aug 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 his.
- Sora Sato — met in 125 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Loic Chiang — met in 97 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Matthew Cook — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.