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Henry Nguyen

2×2 · top 3.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023NGUY04

Henry Nguyen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.83, set at Temecula Valley Spring 2024, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,475th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since January 2023, he has put 566 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.94 in January 2023 to 9.69, a 25% improvement. Henry has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.83
signature single · Temecula Valley Spring 2024
566
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.834.80
top 3.7%1,475 / 40,951
3×39.6912.50
top 6.6%3,632 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed19.1022.85
top 18.1%2,329 / 15,683
4×448.1653.54
top 22.3%3,385 / 19,072
5×51:29.141:37.15
top 26.6%2,076 / 9,401
Pyraminx7.9910.65
top 36.1%10,195 / 28,708
Skewb7.4512.21
top 37.1%6,336 / 18,907
6×63:01.733:19.32
top 41.9%1,543 / 4,196
Clock14.9316.52
top 47.7%3,869 / 8,927
7×74:56.455:22.23
top 49.6%1,438 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves—
early days — 1 solve1,575 / 2,040

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

Chula Vista Winter 2023: 12.94Oak Valley Winter B 2023: 12.21Circle City Turbocharged 2023: 11.62Gonna Need a Bigger Cube SD 2023: 12.13Westview Cubing Favorites 2023: 12.85UCSD For Hemophilia 2023: 12.06Rialto Cubing Summer 2023: 10.84UCSD Unofficial Events 2023: 12.67UCSD Extravaganza 2023: 11.75UCSD Winter 2023: 12.12UCSD Winter 2024: 11.26Triton Tricubealon 2024: 11.27Orange County Newcomers 2024: 11.80San Diego Newcomers 2024: 11.43San Diego Big Cub 2024: 11.86Temecula Valley Spring 2024: 12.20Westview Cubing Favorites 2024: 11.80Super Duper San Diego 2024: 11.44Temecula Valley Fall 2024: 9.69Temecula Valley Winter 2025: 10.20Super Duper San Diego 2026: 10.53Temecula Valley Spring 2026: 11.109.6912.9414 Jan 20237 Mar 2026

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.