People · United States
Canaan Nguyen
3×3 · top 14.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2026 · 2026NGUY01
Canaan Nguyen has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.06, set at Davis Big Summer 2026, puts him in the top 14.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,685th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since January 2026, he has put 60 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.03 in January 2026 to 12.06, a 55% improvement. Canaan 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 | 12.06 | 13.93 | top 14.2% | 7,685 / 60,666 |
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
- 1 May 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.37 at Berkeley May Weekday 2026.
- 7 Feb 2026First sub-20 3×3: 19.75 at Davis Winter 2026.
- 18 Jan 2026First competition: SacCubing XXII 2026. A 27.03 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SacCubing XXIV 2026 · 20 Sep 2026
- Davis Big Summer 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Alameda County Fair 2026 · 27 Jun 2026
- SacCubing XXIII 2026 · 17 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley May Weekday 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Duper Super Davis Spring 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Davis Winter 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XXII 2026 · 18 Jan 2026
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.
- Bowen Deng (邓博文) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Hamza Hafeez — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rashad Kadado (رشاد قدادو) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.