People · United States
Jacob Nguyen
3×3 · top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018NGUY05
Jacob Nguyen has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.74, set at Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,693rd in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since February 2018, he has put 297 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.13 in February 2018 to 9.74, a 70% improvement. Jacob has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 9.74 | 12.13 | top 6.7% | 3,693 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 37.62 | 48.15 | top 9.4% | 1,398 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.66 | 31.01 | top 33.3% | 4,369 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:44.24 | 1:55.23 | top 38.5% | 3,095 / 9,401 | |
| 2×2 | 6.28 | 8.73 | top 53.7% | 21,921 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 15.70 | — | top 84.2% | 24,830 / 28,708 |
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 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.74 at Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025.
- 18 May 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.13 at Lone Star Cubing 2019.
- 18 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Lone Star Cubing 2019.
- 2 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at Bayou Bash 2018.
- 27 Apr 2018First sub-30 3×3: 18.38 at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2018.
- 27 Apr 2018First sub-20 3×3: 18.38 at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2018.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Houston Back to School 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Space City Winter TX 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Humble Cube Rumble Summer 2024 · 30 Jun 2024
- Turning at Tompkins Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Space City Winter 2024 · 6 Jan 2024
- Space City Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- Houston Winter 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Everything's Bigger in Texas 2019 · 6 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Lone Star Cubing 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Katy Cubing 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bayou Bash 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2018 · 27 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Howdy Partner 2018 · 3 Feb 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.
- Matt Lee — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Riley Norrid — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dylan Miller — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.