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David Nguyen

2×2 · top 8.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016NGUY08

David Nguyen has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.46, set at Kjeller Open 2016, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 126th in Norway. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since February 2016, he has put 170 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.94 in February 2016 to 11.44, a 32% improvement. David has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.46
signature single · Kjeller Open 2016
170
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
2×22.464.87
top 8.5%126 / 1,202
3×311.4412.94
top 11.9%191 / 1,609
Pyraminx5.909.15
top 19.2%204 / 865
3×3 one-handed21.0227.57
top 23.3%114 / 513
4×450.8159.95
top 25.7%138 / 590
Skewb6.438.01
top 29.1%176 / 531
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves
early days — 2 solves94 / 117

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

UiO Open 2016: 16.94Kjeller Open 2016: 11.46VI QB'er 2017: 12.02Kjeller Open 2017: 11.4411.4416.947 Feb 20164 Nov 2017

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.