People · United States
Khang Nguyen
2×2 · top 2.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018NGUY07
Khang Nguyen has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.56, set at Tea Time Spring 2018, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 975th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2018, he has put 88 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.55 in March 2018 to 14.15, a 47% improvement. Khang 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.56 | 5.00 | top 2.4% | 975 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 14.15 | 17.99 | top 21.6% | 11,816 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 8.23 | 10.06 | top 43.2% | 7,672 / 19,164 | |
| Square-1 | 30.15 | 51.68 | top 49.7% | 3,297 / 6,846 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.78 | 13.49 | top 51.3% | 15,153 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:31.52 | — | early days — 2 solves | 11,557 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 52.20 | — | early days — 1 solve | 11,741 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 4:23.01 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,659 / 8,026 |
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
- 29 Jun 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.15 at Bethesda Summer Showdown 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024First sub-20 3×3: 16.77 at NoVa Cube Winter 2024.
- 10 Mar 2018First competition: NovaCube 2018. A 26.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- TJHSST Spring 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Bethesda Summer Showdown 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- NoVa Cube Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- TJHSST Fall 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Tea Time Spring 2018 · 26 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- NovaCube 2018 · 10 Mar 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.
- Daniel Greigg — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aubrey Trace — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eric Hsu (徐玉云) — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.