People · Vietnam
Nguyễn An Phong
5×5 · top 0.57% of 41,402 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018PHON02
Nguyễn An Phong has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 44.13, set at Vietnam Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.57% of the 41,402 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Vietnam. Until November 2016, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since August 2018, he has put 705 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.29 in August 2018 to 7.43, a 28% improvement. He has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Vietnam | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | 44.13 | 51.60 | top 0.57% | 7 / 542 | |
| 7×7 | 2:09.11 | 2:12.43 | top 1.2% | 3 / 140 | |
| 4×4 | 27.01 | 29.41 | top 1.4% | 23 / 1,071 | |
| 6×6 | 1:29.01 | 1:35.19 | top 1.7% | 4 / 180 | |
| 3×3 | 7.43 | 8.92 | top 1.9% | 99 / 2,920 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.85 | 18.44 | top 5.9% | 89 / 945 | |
| 2×2 | 2.35 | 3.87 | top 7.5% | 121 / 1,718 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.94 | 8.87 | top 19.6% | 163 / 752 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 34 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 19 / 73 | |
| Megaminx | 2:14.37 | 2:24.02 | top 53.6% | 172 / 253 |
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
- 27 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at NxN in Hanoi 2024.
- 22 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Hanoi Summer 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Hanoi Super Brain Zyo 2023.
- 26 Nov 2022Six personal bests in one day at Ho Chi Minh Open 2022.
- 18 Sep 2022Four personal bests in one day at Hanoi Open 2022.
- 16 Jul 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Ha Noi Summer 2022.
Competitions
- Hanoi Big Cubes 2026 · 27 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Vietnam Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NxN in Hanoi 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Vietnam Championship 2024 · 19 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Aeon Mall Long Bien 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Don't DNF Hanoi 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- NxN in Hanoi 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Hanoi Summer 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Hanoi Super Brain Zyo 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh Open 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Hanoi Open 2022 · 18 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Ha Noi Summer 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Ha Noi Summer 2020 · 20 Sep 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Ha Noi Cube Day 2020 · 5 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Ha Noi Championship 2019 · 3 Aug 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Ha Noi Cube Day 2019 · 20 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- 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.
- Phạm Đức Phước — met in 137 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
- Trương Khánh Tùng — met in 109 rounds, finished ahead 29 times · head to head
- Đỗ Quang Hưng — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-40 5×5 single — 73 people have one; it is 4.13 away.
- A sub-2:00 7×7 single — 86 people have one; it is 9.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.