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Michael Nguyen

3×3 · top 17.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018NGUY38

Michael Nguyen has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.02, set at Marrickville Mini Open AM 2022, puts him in the top 17.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,561st in Australia. Across 14 competitions since August 2018, he has put 182 official solves on the record across five 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 46.93 in August 2018 to 13.02, a 72% improvement. Michael has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.5% of 284,439 all-time
13.02
signature single · Marrickville Mini Open AM 2022
182
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 standingAustralia
3×313.0217.80
top 17.5%1,561 / 11,709
2×23.736.02
top 23.1%1,775 / 8,567
Skewb5.898.87
top 24.9%659 / 3,534
Pyraminx7.9612.91
top 35.9%1,910 / 5,993
3×3 one-handed1:00.75
top 84.3%2,148 / 2,659

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

Warm Up Sydney 2018: 46.93Australian Nationals 2018: 42.43Odd Day in Sydney 2018: 22.21Cool Down Sydney 2019: 31.91Koalafication Sydney 2019: 31.69Koalafication Canberra 2019: 32.68WCA World Championship 2019: 28.71Harold Park Classic 2019: 29.42Fortitude Sydney 2019: 30.01Ha Noi Cube Day 2020: 23.50NSW Open 2022: 19.79Sydney Winter Saturday 2022: 17.86Australian Nationals 2022: 15.21Marrickville Mini Open AM 2022: 13.0213.0246.9319 Aug 201816 Oct 2022

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.

  • Brian Nguyen — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Sora Sato — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Caleb Clark — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.02 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.