People · Vietnam
Nguyễn Minh Hiếu
3×3 one-handed · top 4.4% of 73,695 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023HIEU03
Nguyễn Minh Hiếu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 12.98, set at Vietnam Championship 2025, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 70th in Vietnam. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since July 2023, he has put 69 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.37 in July 2023 to 9.35, a 39% improvement. He has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 one-handed | 12.98 | 14.51 | top 4.4% | 70 / 943 | |
| 3×3 | 9.35 | 10.27 | top 5.7% | 361 / 2,913 | |
| 2×2 | 2.87 | 4.51 | top 12.8% | 253 / 1,714 |
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 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at cubingHCM 3x3 Winter 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 9.49 at HCMC Cubing Autumn 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.49 at HCMC Cubing Autumn 2024.
- 14 Jul 2023First competition: Vietnam Championship 2023. A 15.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vietnam Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- cubingHCM 3x3 Winter 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- HCMC Cubing Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Vietnam Championship 2023 · 14 Jul 2023
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 Đặng Minh Thọ — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Trần Duy Lợi — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Nguyễn Ngọc Đức — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.