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Max Nguyen
3×3 · top 14.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023NGUY61
Max Nguyen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.10, set at Naperville Gray Skies 2026, puts him in the top 14.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,619th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since December 2023, he has put 130 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.60 in December 2023 to 12.10, a 58% improvement. Max has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 12.10 | 17.42 | top 14.2% | 7,619 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.08 | 5.50 | top 15.2% | 5,943 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.60 | 10.62 | top 41.4% | 11,866 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 2:17.62 | 2:24.62 | top 59.7% | 5,125 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 11.75 | 30.81 | top 64.8% | 12,042 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.50 | 50.61 | top 68.7% | 9,841 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:42.18 | 1:59.10 | top 72.0% | 12,997 / 19,072 | |
| 6×6 | 5:36.95 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,610 / 4,196 | |
| Clock | 37.48 | — | early days — 3 solves | 8,200 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 5:19.34 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,730 / 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
- 17 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Naperville Gray Skies 2026.
- 8 Nov 2025First sub-20 3×3: 14.03 at Best in West Lafayette 2025.
- 8 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.03 at Best in West Lafayette 2025.
- 3 Dec 2023First competition: The Core of Hobart 2023. A 28.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Midwest Cubing Classic 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Naperville Gray Skies 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Best in West Lafayette 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chicagoland Newcomers 2025 · 9 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Naperville Winter 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Chicago Area Twist Spring A 2024 · 18 May 2024
- DuPage Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- The Core of Hobart 2023 · 3 Dec 2023
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.
- Reed W. Richardson — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sebastian Carrillo — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Colin Sharpe — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.