People · United States
Michael Nguyen
Clock · top 5.8% of 32,048 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022NGUY13
Michael Nguyen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 5.53, set at Northwest Championship 2026, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 448th in the United States. Until December 2011, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since May 2022, he has put 444 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.56 in May 2022 to 13.23, a 58% improvement. Michael has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 5.53 | 6.68 | top 5.8% | 448 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.66 | 5.87 | top 6.1% | 1,573 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.00 | 4.67 | top 14.2% | 5,587 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 13.23 | 15.30 | top 18.2% | 9,767 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 6.32 | 8.49 | top 28.3% | 4,629 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 55.37 | 59.08 | top 31.2% | 4,920 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 31.88 | 40.24 | top 53.0% | 3,482 / 6,743 |
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 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Northwest Championship 2026.
- 7 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.92 at Kent Summer 2024.
- 15 Oct 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.19 at New Kent On The Block 2022.
- 15 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at New Kent On The Block 2022.
- 24 Sep 2022First sub-30 3×3: 24.69 at SnoCo NxN 2022.
- 7 May 2022First competition: Rose City 2022. A 31.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Northwest Championship 2026 · 21 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Seattle Summer 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Kent Spring 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Kent Fall 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Seattle 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kent Spring 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Worlds Warmup Woodinville 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tacoma Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bellevue Squan Fest 2 2024 · 28 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kent Summer 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Olympia Classic 2024 · 5 May 2024
- Kenmore Mini A 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tacoma Winter Twisters 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Odd Olympia 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Lakewood Fall 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Lucky Lynnwood 2023 · 30 Sep 2023
- Kent Summer 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Mill Creek 2023 · 10 Jun 2023
- Lakewood Spring 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- New Kent On The Block 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- SnoCo NxN 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Rose City 2022 · 7 May 2022
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.
- Adhiyan Kumaresan — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Saharsh Sai Vontela — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Anishk Arora — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.