People · United States
Ian Nguyen
3×3 · top 2.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023NGUY56
Ian Nguyen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.82, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,490th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since October 2023, he has put 231 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 8 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.84 in October 2023 to 7.82, a 21% improvement. Ian has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 7.82 | 8.69 | top 2.5% | 1,490 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.28 | 24.01 | top 10.9% | 1,464 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 1:04.60 | 1:11.69 | top 12.4% | 865 / 8,026 | |
| 2×2 | 2.84 | 4.67 | top 12.5% | 4,990 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.06 | 9.32 | top 20.5% | 5,592 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 13.46 | 27.51 | top 41.6% | 3,406 / 9,172 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.80 | — | early days — 2 solves | 10,062 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 11.79 | 17.65 | top 65.0% | 12,263 / 19,164 |
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
- 30 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024.
- 18 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Davis Winter 2024.
- 14 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024.
- 28 Oct 2023First competition: Agoura SpookCubing 2023. A 10.95 3×3 single to start from.
- 28 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at Agoura SpookCubing 2023.
Competitions
- Berkeley Summer 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 62 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 26 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Davis Winter 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024 · 14 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Agoura SpookCubing 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best 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.
- Nico Harper (李有為) — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Kenji Gipson-Nahman — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Sebastian Stone — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.