People · Vietnam
Ngô Việt Kiên
3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018KIEN02
Ngô Việt Kiên has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.26, set at Palmerston North 2023, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 183rd in Vietnam. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since August 2018, he has put 479 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.59 in August 2018 to 8.26, a 29% improvement. He has entered twelve 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 | Vietnam | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.26 | 10.26 | top 3.3% | 183 / 2,913 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.43 | 1:12.15 | top 8.7% | 61 / 539 | |
| 4×4 | 38.70 | 45.59 | top 10.6% | 175 / 1,065 | |
| 2×2 | 2.95 | 4.74 | top 13.7% | 269 / 1,714 | |
| Clock | 7.81 | 8.85 | top 14.3% | 44 / 201 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.80 | 22.71 | top 14.6% | 223 / 943 | |
| 6×6 | 2:13.68 | 2:22.07 | top 17.2% | 44 / 179 | |
| Skewb | 6.22 | 8.63 | top 27.5% | 166 / 533 | |
| 7×7 | 4:00.86 | 4:14.48 | top 31.0% | 59 / 137 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.88 | 12.09 | top 35.2% | 316 / 750 | |
| Megaminx | 1:58.19 | 2:08.38 | top 44.7% | 137 / 249 |
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
- 5 Mar 2022Six personal bests in one day at Lyttelton Autumn 2022.
- 27 Nov 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.59 at Lyttelton Spring 2021.
- 3 Aug 2019Five personal bests in one day at Ha Noi Championship 2019.
- 5 Aug 2018First competition: Ha Noi Open 2018. A 11.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NxNs in November - Ōtautahi 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cashmere Open 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Palmerston North 2023 · 16 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Lyttelton Spring 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Opawa Open 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- NZ South Island Championship 2022 · 24 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Lyttelton Autumn 2022 · 5 Mar 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Lyttelton Spring 2021 · 27 Nov 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Ha Noi Cube Day 2020 · 5 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Ha Noi Championship 2019 · 3 Aug 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Ha Noi Cube Day 2019 · 20 Jan 2019
- Ha Noi Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018
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.
- Dwyane Ramos — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Daniel Fraser — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Jasper Murray — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 5.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.