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Maxan Nguyen

2×2 · top 17.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023NGUY27

Maxan Nguyen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.30, set at Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023, puts him in the top 17.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,967th in the United States. Across 15 competitions since June 2023, he has put 217 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.54 in June 2023 to 15.01, a 47% improvement. Maxan has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 17.8% of 186,767 all-time
3.30
signature single · Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023
217
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.308.70
top 17.8%6,967 / 40,951
3×315.0118.10
top 24.5%13,280 / 59,724
Pyraminx8.8314.83
top 43.4%12,420 / 28,708
Skewb8.3118.05
top 43.6%7,665 / 18,907

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

Ohio State Summer Solving 2023: 28.54Mason Cube Challenge 2023: 38.89Cubing by the Kings 2023: 30.72Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023: 27.43CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 35.67Swoop in Again Oxford 2023: 35.62Gem City First in Flight 2024: 30.92Mason Cube Challenge 2024: 35.37Gem City Donut DNF 2024: 33.23Gem City: The Birthplace of Aviation OH 2024: 39.95CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 23.25Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024: 17.79Gem City Ohio Showdown 2025: 16.72Ohio State Winter 2025: 15.01Cincinnati Speed Solving 2025: 16.3315.0139.9510 Jun 202322 Feb 2025

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.