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Derek Nguyen

3×3 · top 25.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2011 · 2011NGUY04

Derek Nguyen has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.21, set at Toronto Open Winter 2015, puts him in the top 25.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,416th in Canada. Across 6 competitions since March 2011, he has put 48 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.81 in March 2011 to 15.21, a 64% improvement. Derek has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 25.1% of 284,439 all-time
15.21
signature single · Toronto Open Winter 2015
48
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×315.2117.99
top 25.1%2,416 / 10,392
Pyraminx12.5320.33
top 70.4%3,485 / 4,858
2×212.1617.02
top 84.8%6,241 / 7,173
3×3 one-handed1:25.751:33.73
top 94.0%2,401 / 2,620

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

Toronto Open Winter 2011: 41.81Toronto Open Spring 2011: 26.58University of Guelph Open Spring 2011: 25.53Canadian Open 2011: 18.47Toronto Open Winter 2015: 15.21Toronto Open Spring 2015: 18.8915.2141.815 Mar 201125 Apr 2015

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 0.21 away.
  • A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 0.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.