People · Vietnam
Hoàng Văn Hoà
Clock · top 5.2% of 32,048 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022HOAH01
Hoàng Văn Hoà has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 5.29, set at Vietnam Championship 2025, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in Vietnam. Until December 2011, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2022, he has put 117 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.21 in November 2022 to 10.48, a 21% improvement. He 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 | Vietnam | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 5.29 | 6.36 | top 5.2% | 14 / 201 | |
| 3×3 | 10.48 | 11.96 | top 8.9% | 548 / 2,913 | |
| Skewb | 4.07 | 6.28 | top 11.4% | 81 / 533 | |
| 4×4 | 44.81 | 48.71 | top 18.1% | 281 / 1,065 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.86 | 9.28 | top 18.9% | 151 / 750 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.94 | 26.55 | top 23.1% | 339 / 943 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.01 | 1:30.08 | top 25.6% | 83 / 249 | |
| 2×2 | 3.96 | 5.31 | top 26.0% | 576 / 1,714 |
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
- 21 Sep 2024Five personal bests in one day at HCMC Cubing Autumn 2024.
- 26 Nov 2022First competition: Ho Chi Minh Open 2022. A 13.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vietnam Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- HCMC Cubing Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Vietnam Championship 2023 · 14 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh Open 2022 · 26 Nov 2022
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.
- Nguyễn Tuấn Công — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Nguyễn Đặng Minh Thọ — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Nguyễn Thị Kim Nhã — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.