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Long Tran

Pyraminx · top 1.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2022 · 2022TRAN02

Long Tran has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.28, set at Fun in Muncie 2025, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 434th in the United States. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since February 2022, he has put 1,250 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.32 in February 2022 to 8.57, a 40% improvement. Long has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.7% of 129,321 all-time
2.28
signature single · Fun in Muncie 2025
1,250
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx2.283.61
top 1.7%434 / 28,708
3×38.579.98
top 3.9%2,194 / 59,724
Skewb2.785.83
top 4.0%619 / 18,907
2×21.973.16
top 4.5%1,814 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed14.7119.66
top 7.5%1,003 / 15,683
4×444.8751.04
top 18.1%2,763 / 19,072
Square-115.9724.96
top 18.6%1,257 / 6,743
5×51:28.041:34.48
top 25.7%2,006 / 9,401
Clock11.0711.71
top 30.4%2,377 / 8,927
6×63:13.313:26.20
top 47.4%1,773 / 4,196
Megaminx2:08.482:34.01
top 50.4%3,752 / 7,841
7×75:14.195:27.38
top 55.3%1,629 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves61 moves—
early days — 2 solves1,939 / 2,040

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

North Star Cubing Challenge 2022: 14.32CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022: 11.61Buccaneer Bonanza 2022: 12.56Howland Returns 2022: 13.12Milwaukee First 2022: 11.44CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2022: 12.62Bluegrass Fall 2022: 11.53Mt. Prospect Open 2022: 10.95FMC in a Gem City Temple 2023: 9.83Indiana Finally Returns 2023: 9.62Ohio State Spring Scarlet 2023: 9.57Washtenaw Qualifier 2023: 11.46Michigan 2023: 9.76CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 9.57CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 8.82The Core of Hobart 2023: 9.93Michigan Championship 2024: 9.26CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 9.76Ohio State Fall 2024: 9.05NxNationwide Lewis Center 2025: 9.65Southern Indiana Qualifier 2025: 10.09Preble Spring 2025: 9.24Fun in Muncie 2025: 8.97Gem City Pre-Flight Warm Up OH 2025: 9.47Michigan Championship 2025: 9.28Lexington Winter 2025: 8.87CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026: 8.57Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 9.148.5714.325 Feb 20222 Jul 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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.