People · United States
Christian Nguyen
3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023NGUY33
Christian Nguyen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.84, set at Humble Cube Rumble Summer 2024, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,458th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2023, he has put 170 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.40 in July 2023 to 7.84, a 65% improvement. Christian 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.84 | 10.45 | top 2.5% | 1,458 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.98 | 4.49 | top 14.0% | 5,504 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.46 | 8.47 | top 23.5% | 6,372 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 51.46 | 1:00.84 | top 26.5% | 4,077 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.65 | 27.57 | top 27.8% | 3,585 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 11.92 | 17.57 | top 65.6% | 12,225 / 18,907 |
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
- 20 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Brazos Cubing Fall 2024.
- 30 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Humble Cube Rumble Summer 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.50 at Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024.
- 2 Dec 2023First sub-20 3×3: 12.24 at Texas Championship 2023.
- 2 Dec 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.24 at Texas Championship 2023.
Competitions
- Space City Winter TX 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Brazos Cubing Fall 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Humble Cube Rumble Summer 2024 · 30 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Texas Championship 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Space City Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
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.
- Rune Thomas Coulbourne — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Derek Herrera — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Samuel Snider — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.