People · United States
Minh Tran
Pyraminx · top 0.95% of 130,891 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023TRAN22
Minh Tran has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.88, set at GAN Southern Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.95% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 271st in the United States. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since July 2023, he has put 353 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 10.38 in July 2023 to 1.88, an 82% improvement. Minh has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.88 | 2.87 | top 0.95% | 271 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 1.95 | 4.30 | top 4.5% | 1,806 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 10.13 | 13.73 | top 7.9% | 4,403 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 44.36 | 51.82 | top 17.5% | 2,693 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 10.19 | 12.67 | top 25.9% | 2,044 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.47 | 34.49 | top 43.1% | 5,895 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.99 | 1:58.48 | top 44.8% | 3,741 / 9,537 | |
| Skewb | 9.82 | 16.33 | top 53.8% | 9,877 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 2:27.30 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,626 / 8,026 | |
| Square-1 | 40.27 | 52.08 | top 65.7% | 4,373 / 6,846 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Dec 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.10 at Texas Championship 2025.
- 5 Dec 2025Five personal bests in one day at Texas Championship 2025.
- 25 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at DFW Back to School 2024.
- 8 Jun 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.60 at DFW Cubing Summer 2024.
- 8 Jun 2024Six personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Summer 2024.
- 17 Dec 2023First sub-30 3×3: 23.88 at DFW Cubing Fall 2023.
Competitions
- DFW Cubing Summer 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- GAN Southern Championship 2026 · 11 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Weeknights 3 2026 · 13 May 2026
- Texas Championship 2025 · 5 Dec 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cube On in Richardson 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Back to School 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer DFW 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Back to School 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- DFW Megacomp 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 76 rounds, never finished ahead
- Cole Dugger — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Jaxon Sensabaugh — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.