People · Australia
Hieu Nguyen
3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016NGUY27
Hieu Nguyen has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.45, set at Adelaide Winter 2018, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 206th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2016, he has put 127 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.96 in August 2016 to 7.45, a 47% improvement. Hieu has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.45 | 11.30 | top 1.9% | 206 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.67 | 5.34 | top 10.6% | 792 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 43.98 | 49.56 | top 17.0% | 418 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.55 | 26.07 | top 24.7% | 553 / 2,659 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.33 | 10.34 | top 30.6% | 1,599 / 5,993 | |
| 5×5 | 1:44.18 | 1:48.40 | top 38.5% | 515 / 1,356 |
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
- 14 Jul 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.55 at Adelaide Winter 2018.
- 14 Jul 2018Six personal bests in one day at Adelaide Winter 2018.
- 21 Jan 2017Three personal bests in one day at Adelaide Summer 2017.
- 20 Aug 2016First competition: Australian Nationals 2016. A 14.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Adelaide Winter 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Adelaide Summer 2018 · 13 Jan 2018
- Adelaide Summer 2017 · 21 Jan 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2016 · 20 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Tomoya Firman — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Liam Sweet — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Ewan Coulter — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.45 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.