People · Vietnam
Nguyễn Bảo Ngân
Pyraminx · top 2.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014NGAN01
Nguyễn Bảo Ngân has been competing for 12 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.61, set at Ho Chi Minh City Open 2017, puts her in the top 2.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30th in Vietnam. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2014, she has put 197 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 22.96 in March 2014 to 8.50, a 63% improvement. She has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Vietnam | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.61 | 4.84 | top 2.5% | 30 / 750 | |
| 3×3 | 8.50 | 10.40 | top 3.7% | 216 / 2,913 | |
| 4×4 | 32.40 | 36.45 | top 4.5% | 79 / 1,065 | |
| 5×5 | 1:03.83 | 1:14.73 | top 7.7% | 56 / 539 | |
| Megaminx | 1:00.22 | 1:13.29 | top 10.1% | 30 / 249 | |
| 2×2 | 3.57 | 5.28 | top 21.1% | 453 / 1,714 | |
| Skewb | 5.90 | 7.61 | top 25.0% | 152 / 533 |
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
- 13 Mar 2016First sub-10 3×3: 8.50 at HCMC Spring Open 2016.
- 13 Mar 2016Three personal bests in one day at HCMC Spring Open 2016.
- 12 Jul 2015First sub-15 3×3: 12.21 at Ho Chi Minh Open 2015.
- 31 Aug 2014First sub-20 3×3: 19.05 at Ho Chi Minh Open 2014.
- 30 Mar 2014First competition: Ho Chi Minh Cubic 2014. A 22.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026
- Spark Melbourne Autumn Saturday 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Ho Chi Minh City Open 2019 · 13 Jul 2019
- Ho Chi Minh City Open 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Ho Chi Minh Warm Up 2017 · 28 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- HCMC Summer Open 2016 · 30 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- HCMC Spring Open 2016 · 13 Mar 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh Open 2015 · 12 Jul 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Ho Chi Minh Open 2014 · 31 Aug 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Ho Chi Minh Cubic 2014 · 30 Mar 2014
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 her.
- Dương Hữu Khang — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Trần Ngọc Hoàng Phúc — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Nguyễn Phúc Thịnh — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as she improves.