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Huy Tieu
3×3 · top 5.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018TIEU01
Huy Tieu has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.09, set at Cubing in Cambridge 2023, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,901st in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2018, he has put 30 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.04 in October 2018 to 9.09, a 40% improvement. Huy 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.09 | 11.91 | top 5.1% | 2,901 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 55.98 | 1:01.98 | top 32.0% | 5,145 / 19,354 | |
| 2×2 | 4.90 | 6.85 | top 38.1% | 15,515 / 41,674 |
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
- 1 Apr 2023First sub-15 3×3: 9.09 at Cubing in Cambridge 2023.
- 1 Apr 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.09 at Cubing in Cambridge 2023.
- 6 Oct 2018First competition: MIT Fall 2018. A 15.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wellesley Fall 2026 · 19 Sep 2026
- Quick in Quincy 2023 · 16 Jul 2023
- Cubing in Cambridge 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Fall 2018 · 6 Oct 2018
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.
- Daniel Winterberg — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Kyle Lau — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Tim Reynolds — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 21,117 people have one; it is 5.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.