People · Vietnam
Nguyễn Hoàng Thiên Phú
3×3 · top 0.097% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022PHUN01
Nguyễn Hoàng Thiên Phú has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.88, set at HCMC VNC Warm Up 2025, puts him in the top 0.097% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Vietnam. Until November 2016, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since July 2022, he has put 517 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.09 in July 2022 to 4.88, a 40% improvement. He has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 4.88 | 5.74 | top 0.097% | 5 / 2,913 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 7.60 | 10.19 | top 0.14% | 3 / 943 | |
| 5×5 | 42.71 | 48.43 | top 0.39% | 3 / 539 | |
| 4×4 | 24.72 | 26.47 | top 0.63% | 14 / 1,065 | |
| 2×2 | 1.04 | 2.12 | top 0.64% | 8 / 1,714 | |
| Skewb | 1.78 | 5.95 | top 0.88% | 7 / 533 | |
| Megaminx | 40.88 | 44.29 | top 1.8% | 5 / 249 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.44 | 3.05 | top 2.1% | 25 / 750 | |
| 6×6 | 1:41.89 | 1:46.43 | early days — 3 solves | 12 / 179 | |
| 7×7 | 2:48.68 | 2:58.03 | early days — 3 solves | 18 / 137 | |
| Clock | 6.58 | 9.79 | top 9.4% | 30 / 201 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 27 / 63 | |
| Square-1 | 24.64 | 32.83 | top 38.4% | 83 / 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 Aug 2025Six personal bests in one day at Vietnam Championship 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025Five personal bests in one day at HCMC VNC Warm Up 2025.
- 15 Dec 2024Five personal bests in one day at cubingHCM 3x3 Winter 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024Ten personal bests in one day at HCMC Cubing Autumn 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Ho Chi Minh Spring 2024.
- 14 Jul 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Vietnam Championship 2023.
Competitions
- Arena HCMC Spring 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Vietnam Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- HCMC VNC Warm Up 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- cubingHCM 3x3 Winter 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- HCMC Cubing Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 10 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Vietnam Championship 2023 · 14 Jul 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh City Warm Up 2022 · 17 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Lê Hà Phong — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 58 times
- Nguyễn Thị Kim Nhã — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 65 times
- Nguyễn Đặng Minh Thọ — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 55 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 one-handed single — 4 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.