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Nguyen Canh Tien Vinh

3×3 · top 4.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022VINH01

Nguyen Canh Tien Vinh has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.69, set at South Australian Open 2023, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 251st in Vietnam. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since May 2022, he has put 767 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.97 in May 2022 to 8.69, a 56% improvement. Nguyen has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.2% of 288,433 all-time
8.69
signature single · South Australian Open 2023
767
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingVietnam
3×38.6910.42
top 4.2%251 / 2,920
Skewb3.387.58
top 7.1%43 / 534
2×22.393.90
top 7.9%133 / 1,718
3×3 one-handed19.3724.09
top 18.9%280 / 945
Pyraminx5.947.69
top 19.6%163 / 752
Clock9.2910.54
top 21.3%63 / 204
4×448.0456.10
top 22.3%362 / 1,071
Square-129.7739.37
top 49.0%102 / 163
Megaminx2:13.47—
top 53.1%171 / 253
5×52:50.20—
top 74.7%461 / 542

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

Adelaide Autumn 2022: 19.97South Australian Open 2022: 13.54Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 13.01Adelaide Summer 2023: 11.21Adelaide Autumn 2023: 12.92Adelaide Winter Sunday 2023: 12.57South Australian Open 2023: 8.69Playford Cubing 2023: 11.70Adelaide Summer 2024: 11.96All Welcome Adelaide 2024: 11.76Australian Nationals 2024: 9.74Unley Spring 2024: 12.46Northern Adelaide Cubing 2024: 11.58Adelaide Summer 2025: 10.08All Welcome Adelaide 2025: 10.11SA State Championship 2025: 9.73Kubing in Klemzig 2025: 9.49Marino Madness 2025: 8.75Adelaide Summer 2026: 9.70Adelaide Autumn 2026: 9.14Adelaide Spring 2026: 9.608.6919.9722 May 20223 Oct 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.

  • Dallas McNeil — met in 146 rounds, finished ahead 102 times
  • Adrian Oon — met in 143 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
  • Aston Culf — met in 142 rounds, finished ahead 47 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.