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David Nguyen

3×3 · top 0.66% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2012 · 2012NGUY08

David Nguyen has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.27, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2019, puts him in the top 0.66% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 438th in the United States. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 54 competitions since October 2012, he has put 2,013 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.34 in October 2012 to 6.27, a 64% improvement. David has entered 54 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.66% of 284,439 all-time
6.27
signature single · CubingUSA Nationals 2019
2,013
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.277.73
top 0.66%438 / 59,724
2×21.322.45
top 1.4%589 / 40,951
4×427.9633.03
top 1.8%296 / 19,072
5×553.0757.98
top 2.7%214 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed14.1917.24
top 6.5%889 / 15,683
Megaminx1:01.751:10.05
top 10.9%739 / 7,841
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves36.67
top 12.2%280 / 2,040
6×62:20.482:29.63
top 20.7%730 / 4,196
7×73:39.383:58.84
top 23.3%661 / 3,184
Pyraminx6.9011.98
top 27.1%7,416 / 28,708
Square-135.7552.41
top 59.6%3,939 / 6,743
Clock47.15—
early days — 1 solve8,638 / 8,927

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

Cubetcha 2012: 17.34Winona Open 2013: 12.25Cubetcha 2013: 10.53Minnesota Cube Melt 2014: 10.16US Nationals 2014: 9.64Cubetcha 2014: 7.33Minnesota Cube Melt 2015: 8.19Clock N' Stuff 2015: 8.83US Nationals 2015: 8.76Cubetcha 2015: 9.55Clock N' Other Stuff 2016: 7.34Minnesota Cube Melt 2016: 8.79Saint Mary Scramble 2016: 7.91US Nationals 2016: 8.56Michigan 2016: 8.92Wiscube 2016: 7.89Cubetcha 2016: 7.04Mega Minnesota Winter 2016: 8.89Iowa State Spring 2017: 7.27Minnesota Cube Melt 2017: 8.03CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 8.04Heartland Championships 2017: 7.21Cubetcha 2017: 8.92North Iowa 2017: 7.67Race the Clock 2017: 7.84Lions Cubing 2018: 7.18North Star Cubing Challenge 2018: 6.84CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018: 7.85Elk Cubing 2018: 7.82Coach Pigeon 2018: 6.96CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 8.15Sioux Falls Summer 2018: 6.71Cubetcha 2018: 7.35Independence Cube Day 2018: 7.03Mega Minnesota Winter 2018: 7.68Race the Clock 2018: 6.85North Star Cubing Challenge 2019: 6.88CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019: 6.47Minnesota Cube Melt 2019: 7.49Minnesota Qualifier 2019: 7.37CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 6.27Cubetcha 2019: 7.47Minnesota Cube Days 2020: 7.36Slow N Steady Fall 2021: 7.77Cubetcha A 2021: 6.51Cubetcha 2022: 7.25North Star Cubing Challenge 2023: 7.17Berkeley Spring 2023: 6.79CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 8.086.2717.346 Oct 201227 Jul 2023

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.