People · United States
Jayden Nguyen
3×3 · top 0.22% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025NGUY01
Jayden Nguyen has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.42, set at Cubing at COTA 2026, puts him in the top 0.22% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 154th in the United States. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2025, he has put 270 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.77 in January 2025 to 5.42, a 38% improvement. Jayden has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 5.42 | 7.61 | top 0.22% | 154 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 29.65 | 33.69 | top 2.6% | 432 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 1.73 | 2.52 | top 3.2% | 1,253 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.90 | 6.18 | top 3.3% | 868 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.80 | 16.16 | top 5.7% | 801 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.38 | 1:13.94 | top 8.6% | 672 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 6.54 | 9.53 | top 30.0% | 4,942 / 18,907 |
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
- 27 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cubing at COTA 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Houston 2026.
- 18 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Brazos Cubing Winter 2026.
- 9 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Houston Back to School 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025First competition: Space City Winter TX 2025. A 9.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hillister Cube Hustle 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at COTA 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Brazos Cubing Winter 2026 · 18 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Space City Fall TX 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Houston Back to School 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Space City Winter TX 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 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.
- Griffin Egan — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
- Kyumin Shim (심규민) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Rune Thomas Coulbourne — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.