People · United States
Elias Nguyen
2×2 · top 44.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024NGUY42
Elias Nguyen has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.46, set at SacCubing XIX 2025, puts him in the top 44.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,419th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since July 2024, he has put 80 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 53.23 in July 2024 to 35.05, a 34% improvement. Elias has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 5.46 | 10.69 | top 44.9% | 18,419 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.13 | 16.86 | top 68.0% | 20,443 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 35.05 | 37.35 | top 70.6% | 43,384 / 60,666 | |
| Clock | 35.75 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,300 / 9,172 |
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
- 7 Jul 2024First competition: Folsom Summer 2024. A 53.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SacCubing XXIV 2026 · 20 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XXI 2025 · 28 Sep 2025
- Rock-Cube-Lin Qualifier 2025 · 27 Apr 2025
- SacCubing XIX 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rocklin Winter 2024 · 15 Dec 2024
- SacCubing XVIII 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Folsom Summer 2024 · 7 Jul 2024
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.
- Sebastian Stone — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Chris Martin — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 87,967 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.