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Nghiem Nguyen

3×3 one-handed · top 7.8% of 73,695 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022NGUY05

Nghiem Nguyen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 14.85, set at Australian Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 182nd in Australia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2022, he has put 90 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.55 in April 2022 to 10.99, a 19% improvement. Nghiem has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 7.8% of 73,695 all-time
14.85
signature single · Australian Nationals 2023
90
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×3 one-handed14.8516.64
top 7.8%182 / 2,659
3×310.9913.52
top 10.4%925 / 11,709

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

Brisbane Autumn 2022: 13.55Queensland Open 2022: 11.01Northside Spring Saturday 2022: 12.68Brisbane Summer 2023: 10.99Runaway Bay May Saturday 2023: 12.1510.9913.552 Apr 202227 May 2023

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-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.85 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.99 away.

Targets move as he improves.