People · Vietnam
Nguyễn Minh Dũng
3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019DUNG03
Nguyễn Minh Dũng has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.83, set at Arena HCMC Spring 2026, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 56th in Vietnam. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since January 2019, he has put 437 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.60 in January 2019 to 6.83, a 65% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.83 | 8.26 | top 1.1% | 56 / 2,913 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.87 | 15.83 | top 1.7% | 27 / 943 | |
| 2×2 | 1.88 | 2.50 | top 4.0% | 62 / 1,714 | |
| 4×4 | 33.60 | 38.16 | top 5.5% | 94 / 1,065 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 28 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 5 / 63 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.59 | 1:18.09 | top 13.5% | 91 / 539 | |
| Clock | 10.56 | 15.72 | top 27.8% | 76 / 201 | |
| Megaminx | 1:38.01 | 1:44.55 | top 33.4% | 104 / 249 | |
| Skewb | 7.23 | 10.10 | top 35.5% | 211 / 533 | |
| 6×6 | 2:50.97 | 3:06.75 | early days — 3 solves | 92 / 179 | |
| Square-1 | 24.16 | 33.98 | top 37.2% | 79 / 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 2025Four personal bests in one day at Vietnam Championship 2025.
- 6 Apr 2024Six personal bests in one day at Ho Chi Minh Spring 2024.
- 26 Nov 2022Three personal bests in one day at Ho Chi Minh Open 2022.
- 17 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 9.87 at Ho Chi Minh City Warm Up 2022.
- 17 Jul 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.87 at Ho Chi Minh City Warm Up 2022.
- 17 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at Ho Chi Minh City Warm Up 2022.
Competitions
- Arena HCMC Spring 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Vietnam Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- HCMC VNC Warm Up 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- HCMC Cubing Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Vietnam Championship 2024 · 19 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ho Chi Minh Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Vietnam Championship 2023 · 14 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh Open 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh City Warm Up 2022 · 17 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh City Open 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh Let's Cube 2019 · 20 Jan 2019
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 75 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Phạm Đăng Khoa — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Nguyễn Hoàng Thiên Phú — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.