People · Vietnam
Nguyễn Hữu Thông
4×4 · top 1.4% of 85,040 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017THON01
Nguyễn Hữu Thông has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 26.98, set at Vietnam Championship 2025, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22nd in Vietnam. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since August 2017, he has put 413 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.06 in August 2017 to 7.22, a 28% improvement. He has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Vietnam | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 26.98 | 30.30 | top 1.4% | 22 / 1,071 | |
| 3×3 | 7.22 | 9.05 | top 1.6% | 85 / 2,920 | |
| 2×2 | 1.55 | 3.44 | top 2.4% | 40 / 1,718 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.35 | 14.78 | top 5.0% | 76 / 945 | |
| 5×5 | 1:00.60 | 1:09.51 | top 5.9% | 46 / 542 | |
| Skewb | 4.04 | 8.42 | top 11.2% | 79 / 534 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.30 | 7.35 | top 15.1% | 119 / 752 |
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 2025Four personal bests in one day at Vietnam Championship 2025.
- 14 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Vietnam Championship 2023.
- 26 Nov 2022Three personal bests in one day at Ho Chi Minh Open 2022.
- 17 Jul 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.84 at Ho Chi Minh City Warm Up 2022.
- 17 Jul 2022Four personal bests in one day at Ho Chi Minh City Warm Up 2022.
- 19 Aug 2017First competition: Ho Chi Minh City Open 2017. A 11.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vietnam Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- HCMC VNC Warm Up 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- cubingHCM 3x3 Winter 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- cubingHCM Big Cube Winter 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Vietnam Championship 2023 · 14 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh Open 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Da Nang Open 2022 · 24 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Ho Chi Minh City Warm Up 2022 · 17 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Buon Me Thuot Cube Day 2018 · 12 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh City Open 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests 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 63 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Nguyễn Thị Kim Nhã — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Nguyễn Xuân Đức — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 1.98 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.