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Hieu Thanh Phan

3×3 · top 8.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023PHAN09

Hieu Thanh Phan has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.27, set at Vietnam Championship 2024, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 516th in Vietnam. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since July 2023, he has put 50 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.62 in July 2023 to 10.27, a 12% improvement. Hieu has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.3% of 284,439 all-time
10.27
signature single · Vietnam Championship 2024
50
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingVietnam
3×310.2712.27
top 8.3%516 / 2,913
2×22.555.26
top 9.4%167 / 1,714
3×3 one-handed21.5327.97
top 24.7%364 / 943

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

Hanoi Summer 2023: 11.62Vietnam Championship 2024: 10.27Vietnam Championship 2026: 11.3710.2711.6222 Jul 202314 Aug 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.