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Max Hieu-Khôi Vu
3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022VUMA01
Max Hieu-Khôi Vu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.79, set at TJHSST Spring 2023, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,763rd in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2022, he has put 156 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.38 in June 2022 to 9.79, a 52% improvement. Max has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 9.79 | 12.31 | top 6.9% | 3,763 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 55.26 | 1:04.97 | top 31.0% | 4,899 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 4.63 | 6.00 | top 34.6% | 13,788 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.66 | 30.71 | top 38.5% | 5,111 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.54 | 14.98 | top 49.3% | 14,319 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 12.52 | 18.38 | top 68.6% | 12,876 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 1:03.42 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,764 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 3:50.16 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,099 / 7,841 |
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
- 21 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at UMBC Fall 2024.
- 6 May 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.79 at TJHSST Spring 2023.
- 29 Oct 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.45 at Slow N Steady Fall 2022.
- 13 Aug 2022First sub-20 3×3: 17.43 at Silver Spring Summer 2022.
- 11 Jun 2022First competition: Dunkirk Spring A 2022. A 22.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- TJHSST Spring 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- UMBC Fall 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- MoCo Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- TJHSST Spring 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Potomac Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Silver Spring Summer 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Dunkirk Spring A 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 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.
- Brad Hoffman — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Panashe Sharma — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
- Stone Payne — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.79 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 5.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.