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Nam Anh Dang

3×3 blindfolded · top 1.5% of 12,178 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016DANG08

Nam Anh Dang has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 20.31, set at Vietnam Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in Australia. Until November 2016, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since December 2016, he has put 199 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 13 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.14 in December 2016 to 7.85, a 51% improvement. Nam has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 1.5% of 12,178 all-time
20.31
signature single · Vietnam Championship 2026
199
official solves on the record
19%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×3 blindfolded20.3139.23
top 1.5%11 / 394
3×37.8510.84
top 2.5%250 / 11,709
2×22.933.99
top 13.4%1,028 / 8,567
4×446.4953.07
top 20.2%495 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed21.0423.95
top 23.3%525 / 2,659
Megaminx1:25.991:41.38
top 25.6%319 / 1,277
3×3 Multi-Blind9 of 11 cubes · 56:04—
top 28.8%53 / 180
5×51:35.43—
early days — 2 solves429 / 1,356
4×4 blindfolded7:10.50—
early days — 3 solves34 / 96
5×5 blindfolded16:28.00—
early days — 2 solves23 / 51
Pyraminx9.3915.71
top 48.1%2,703 / 5,993
7×77:50.08—
early days — 1 solve437 / 523

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

Sydney Championship 2016: 16.14Sydney Winter 2017: 15.20Sydney Championship 2017: 11.69Harold Park Classic 2019: 10.06Sydney Open 2019: 12.38Sydney Re-Open Saturday 2021: 10.76Marrickville Autumn Sunday 2021: 12.04Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024: 10.92Puzzling Parramatta 2024: 12.09Tramsheds V: Autumn Sunday 2025: 9.65Vietnam Championship 2026: 10.22Xi'an Open 2026: 7.857.8516.1417 Dec 201622 Aug 2026

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.

  • Elias Chong — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
  • Kent Thomson — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
  • Hans Lin — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 3 times

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 blindfolded single — 166 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.