People · Australia
James Nguyen
3×3 · top 6.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019NGUY36
James Nguyen has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.73, set at Cubing at The Cube 2024, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 626th in Australia. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2019, he has put 84 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.81 in November 2019 to 9.73, a 30% improvement. James has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.73 | 10.93 | top 6.8% | 626 / 11,943 | |
| 2×2 | 3.24 | 5.88 | top 17.1% | 1,313 / 8,727 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.69 | 8.46 | top 25.4% | 1,298 / 6,109 | |
| 4×4 | 53.45 | 58.60 | top 29.0% | 768 / 3,108 |
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
- 5 Feb 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at Tramsheds Series Saturday 2022.
- 10 Nov 2019First competition: Odd Day in Sydney 2019. A 13.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing at The Cube 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at The Cube Saturday 2023 · 21 Jan 2023
- Tramsheds Series Saturday 2022 · 5 Feb 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Sydney Re-Open Sunday 2021 · 28 Mar 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Enjoyable Sydney Gathering 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Odd Day in Sydney 2019 · 10 Nov 2019
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.
- Cass Hopkins — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daphne Soegijono — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- James Bui — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.