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Newken Nguyen (นิวเคน เหงียน)

2×2 · top 0.16% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020NGUY04

Newken Nguyen (นิวเคน เหงียน) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.74, set at Phitsanulok Chill Big & Sides 2026, puts him in the top 0.16% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Canada. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since January 2020, he has put 665 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 10 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.32 in January 2020 to 5.46, a 70% improvement. Newken has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.16% of 186,767 all-time
0.74
signature single · Phitsanulok Chill Big & Sides 2026
665
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×20.741.12
top 0.16%9 / 7,173
3×35.466.36
top 0.23%17 / 10,392
Skewb1.463.61
top 0.4%5 / 2,907
Clock3.104.27
top 0.89%9 / 1,029
Pyraminx1.912.59
top 0.99%33 / 4,858
3×3 one-handed10.8213.46
top 1.7%34 / 2,620
Square-17.0912.19
top 1.9%9 / 952
3×3 blindfolded42.30—
top 7.5%28 / 351
4×448.811:01.19
top 23.2%592 / 3,118
Megaminx1:33.191:44.27
top 30.2%300 / 1,375
5×51:44.201:52.90
top 38.5%481 / 1,499
4×4 blindfolded7:43.93—
early days — 1 solve20 / 60

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

UBC Open 2020: 18.32BC Cubing Comeback A 2021: 7.44Richmond Open A 2021: 8.52BC Cubing Springback B 2022: 7.12Cloverdale Open 2022: 6.79Nanaimo Back to School 2022: 7.64Lat Krabang Cubing 2023: 5.99Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 5.88Phitsanulok Returns 2023: 7.46Phitsanulok Cube Fest 2024: 6.63Bangkok Summer 2024: 7.17Phitsanulok Cube Fest 2025: 6.24Phitsanulok Chill Big & Sides 2026: 5.46Pathum Thani Mini 2026: 5.83Pyraminx in Phitsanulok 2026: 6.295.4618.324 Jan 202013 Jun 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.