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Kien Tran

Megaminx · top 8.0% of 34,786 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015TRAN08

Kien Tran has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 56.30, set at DFW Megacomp 2024, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 562nd in the United States. Until April 2010, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since December 2015, he has put 755 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.55 in December 2015 to 10.44, a 44% improvement. Kien has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 8.0% of 34,786 all-time
56.30
signature single · DFW Megacomp 2024
755
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Megaminx56.301:04.79
top 8.0%562 / 7,841
3×310.4412.50
top 8.8%4,815 / 59,724
5×51:11.611:20.57
top 12.8%985 / 9,401
4×443.5145.98
top 16.4%2,493 / 19,072
Skewb5.338.91
top 20.7%3,311 / 18,907
2×23.574.33
top 21.1%8,252 / 40,951
6×62:23.332:26.14
top 22.2%787 / 4,196
Pyraminx6.347.14
top 22.5%6,082 / 28,708
7×73:41.853:54.82
top 24.1%685 / 3,184
Square-120.3324.94
top 28.7%1,873 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed27.5933.61
top 40.9%5,464 / 15,683

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

Dallas Winter 2015: 18.55Dallas Fall 2016: 15.04Dallas Winter Variation 2017: 14.43DFW Cubing Fiesta June 2018: 13.12North Dallas 2019: 13.77DFW Cubing Fall 2022: 13.18CubingUSA Texas Championship 2022: 12.38DFW Spring Warmup 2023: 13.42CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023: 12.53Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023: 12.60DFW Megacomp 2024: 11.92DFW Cubing Summer 2024: 10.67DFW Cubing Fall 2024: 11.33DFW Qualifier 2025: 11.25DFW Cubing Summer 2025: 11.46DFW Cubing Winter 2026: 10.44GAN Southern Championship 2026: 12.7610.4418.5512 Dec 201511 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-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 6.30 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.