People · United States
Dan Nguyen
3×3 · top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016NGUY04
Dan Nguyen has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.65, set at Maryland 2017, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,136th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2016, he has put 91 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.36 in January 2016 to 10.65, a 58% improvement. Dan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 10.65 | 13.67 | top 9.4% | 5,136 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.29 | 5.00 | top 17.7% | 6,924 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.39 | 9.30 | top 22.9% | 6,202 / 28,708 | |
| Square-1 | 22.24 | 37.65 | top 33.0% | 2,133 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.28 | 1:09.68 | top 39.9% | 6,486 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 8.51 | 10.63 | top 45.1% | 7,937 / 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
- 24 Sep 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.25 at Slow N Steady Fall 2016.
- 18 Jun 2016First sub-20 3×3: 19.53 at Slow N Steady Spring 2016.
- 30 Jan 2016First competition: Slow N Steady Winter 2016. A 25.36 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- TJHSST Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Maryland 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- NovaCube 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- TJHSST Fall 2016 · 19 Nov 2016
- Slow N Steady Fall 2016 · 24 Sep 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2016 · 18 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2016 · 30 Jan 2016
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.
- Corey Sakowski — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jonathan Tilahun — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Charles Jerome — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.