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Kenneth Tran

4×4 · top 0.6% of 83,917 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017TRAN21

Kenneth Tran has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 24.56, set at Sandnes Open 2025, puts him in the top 0.6% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Norway. Until April 2014, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since August 2017, he has put 2,669 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.54 in August 2017 to 6.75, a 50% improvement. Kenneth has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 0.6% of 83,917 all-time
24.56
signature single · Sandnes Open 2025
2,669
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 50% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
4×424.5628.70
top 0.6%6 / 590
3×36.758.15
top 1.1%22 / 1,609
5×547.5052.09
top 1.1%4 / 318
2×21.302.69
top 1.4%27 / 1,202
Pyraminx2.413.91
top 2.0%21 / 865
3×3 one-handed11.6214.90
top 2.5%15 / 513
6×61:34.771:42.46
top 2.8%3 / 136
Skewb2.924.29
top 4.6%30 / 531
7×72:49.933:03.88
top 7.9%9 / 115
Clock6.588.71
top 9.4%18 / 241
3×3 blindfolded58.661:21.62
top 12.6%13 / 93
Megaminx1:08.441:23.15
top 14.7%29 / 262
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves33.67
top 17.4%24 / 117
3×3 Multi-Blind9 of 9 cubes · 57:39—
top 21.2%14 / 43
Square-118.3921.72
top 24.3%35 / 153
4×4 blindfolded6:41.10—
top 34.6%8 / 20
5×5 blindfolded27:56.00—
early days — 2 solves9 / 11

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

Sandnes Open 2017: 13.54Sandnes Open 2018: 11.52Voss Open 2019: 9.78Sandnes Open 2019: 9.01Bergen Open 2020: 8.98Sandnes Open 2020: 8.03Bergen Open 2021: 7.85Sandnes Open 2021: 8.54Norwegian Championship 2022: 7.88Bergen Open 2022: 7.95Sandnes Open 2022: 8.02Kjeller Open 2022: 7.95Sandnes Winter 2023: 8.07Bergen Spring 2023: 7.67Norwegian Championship 2023: 8.15Sandnes Open 2023: 7.39Bergen Fall 2023: 6.95Kjeller Open 2023: 7.32Cubing Portal Sandnes 2023: 6.75Sandnes Winter 2024: 7.92Hauketo Hurtigkubing 2024: 7.82Bergen Spring 2024: 7.65Bergen Open 2024: 8.15Norwegian Championship 2024: 6.95Sandnes Open 2024: 7.23Bergen Fall 2024: 7.92Åsane Open 2024: 8.53Sandnes Winter 2025: 7.07Bergen Spring 2025: 7.43Sandnes Summer Fun 2025: 7.89Sandnes Open 2025: 7.45Bergen Fall 2025: 7.63Sommerkubing på Vitenfabrikken 2026: 7.466.7513.5426 Aug 20176 Jun 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 4.56 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.