People · Vietnam
Dương Minh Nguyên
3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018NGUY33
Dương Minh Nguyên has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.34, set at Hanoi Super Brain Zyo 2023, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 192nd in Vietnam. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since August 2018, he has put 202 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.26 in August 2018 to 8.34, a 64% improvement. He has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Vietnam | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.34 | 9.14 | top 3.4% | 192 / 2,913 | |
| 2×2 | 3.04 | 4.73 | top 14.7% | 291 / 1,714 | |
| 4×4 | 45.57 | 56.65 | top 19.0% | 306 / 1,065 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.84 | 27.32 | top 20.1% | 298 / 943 | |
| Skewb | 5.74 | 10.23 | top 23.8% | 144 / 533 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:33.99 | — | early days — 2 solves | 29 / 100 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.78 | 11.00 | top 26.1% | 228 / 750 |
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
- 18 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Hanoi Open 2022.
- 20 Sep 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.90 at Ha Noi Summer 2020.
- 20 Sep 2020Four personal bests in one day at Ha Noi Summer 2020.
- 5 Jan 2020First sub-15 3×3: 12.58 at Ha Noi Cube Day 2020.
- 20 Jan 2019First sub-20 3×3: 17.12 at Ha Noi Cube Day 2019.
- 5 Aug 2018First competition: Ha Noi Open 2018. A 23.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer Hanoi 2026 · 14 Apr 2026
- MYHM HaNxNoi 2026 · 21 Mar 2026
- Hanoi COP Open 2024 · 11 Aug 2024
- Vietnam Championship 2024 · 19 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Hanoi Super Brain Zyo 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Hanoi Open 2022 · 18 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Ha Noi Summer 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Ha Noi Summer 2020 · 20 Sep 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Ha Noi Cube Day 2020 · 5 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Ha Noi Championship 2019 · 3 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Ha Noi Cube Day 2019 · 20 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Ha Noi Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018
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.
- Phạm Đức Phước — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Nguyễn Hải Dương — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Nguyễn Mạnh Hưng — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.