People · Vietnam
Cao Nguyễn Thái Dương
3×3 · top 0.62% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022DUON04
Cao Nguyễn Thái Dương has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.20, set at Ho Chi Minh Spring 2024, puts him in the top 0.62% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in Vietnam. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2022, he has put 159 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Cao has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Vietnam | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.20 | 7.89 | top 0.62% | 32 / 2,913 | |
| 4×4 | 30.30 | 41.31 | top 3.0% | 49 / 1,065 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.23 | 17.80 | top 6.6% | 99 / 943 | |
| 2×2 | 3.32 | 4.47 | top 18.0% | 373 / 1,714 |
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
- 15 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Vietnam Championship 2025.
- 14 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Vietnam Championship 2023.
- 17 Jul 2022First competition: Ho Chi Minh City Warm Up 2022. A 6.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Arena HCMC Spring 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Vietnam Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Vietnam Championship 2023 · 14 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh Open 2022 · 26 Nov 2022
- Ho Chi Minh City Warm Up 2022 · 17 Jul 2022
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.
- Nguyễn Thị Kim Nhã — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Nguyễn Ngọc Đức — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Nguyễn Minh Dũng — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.