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Darin Nguyen

3×3 · top 28.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015NGUY10

Darin Nguyen has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.20, set at Nub Open 2016, puts him in the top 28.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,576th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2015, he has put 27 official solves on the record across three events. Darin has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 28.5% of 284,439 all-time
16.20
signature single · Nub Open 2016
27
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.2018.24
top 28.5%15,576 / 59,724
4×41:14.681:22.86
top 51.3%8,664 / 19,072
2×26.146.91
top 52.3%21,345 / 40,951

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

Caltech Fall 2015: 16.70Nub Open 2016: 16.20Poly Cubed 2016: 16.3116.2016.7021 Nov 20157 May 2016

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 14.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.