People · Vietnam
Nguyễn Giang Trung
3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017TRUN08
Nguyễn Giang Trung has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.42, set at Hessen Mini Open 2026, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 205th in Vietnam. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2017, he has put 113 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.73 in August 2017 to 8.42, a 61% improvement. He has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 8.42 | 10.28 | top 3.6% | 205 / 2,913 | |
| 4×4 | 37.37 | 42.74 | top 9.1% | 155 / 1,065 | |
| Skewb | 3.94 | 4.69 | top 10.5% | 72 / 533 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.97 | 1:36.79 | top 22.4% | 161 / 539 | |
| 6×6 | 2:35.84 | 2:39.70 | early days — 3 solves | 68 / 179 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.90 | 11.94 | top 35.4% | 318 / 750 | |
| 7×7 | 4:26.15 | 4:34.60 | early days — 3 solves | 72 / 137 | |
| 2×2 | 5.53 | 7.47 | top 45.7% | 1,106 / 1,714 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.83 | 49.27 | top 67.8% | 817 / 943 | |
| Square-1 | 51.80 | 1:12.02 | top 77.7% | 142 / 161 |
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
- 15 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.17 at Hessen Mini Open 2026.
- 20 Sep 2020First sub-20 3×3: 11.07 at Ha Noi Summer 2020.
- 20 Sep 2020First sub-15 3×3: 11.07 at Ha Noi Summer 2020.
- 19 Aug 2017First competition: Ho Chi Minh City Open 2017. A 21.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vietnam Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- CuBonn Open 2026 · 30 May 2026
- Wuppertaler Würfel Wochenende 2026 · 16 May 2026
- Hessen Mini Open 2026 · 15 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ha Noi Summer 2020 · 20 Sep 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh City Open 2017 · 19 Aug 2017
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.
- Nguyễn Tuấn Công — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Nguyễn Xuân Đức — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuxuan Huang (黄宇轩) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.