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Nguyễn Minh Nghĩa

3×3 · top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2010 · 2010NGUY32

Nguyễn Minh Nghĩa has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.56, set at Hanoi Open 2011, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 566th in Vietnam. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2010, he has put 41 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.43 in August 2010 to 10.56, a 39% improvement. He has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time
10.56
signature single · Hanoi Open 2011
41
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingVietnam
3×310.5613.46
top 9.1%566 / 2,913
4×448.6658.82
top 23.0%373 / 1,065
2×25.448.56
top 44.6%1,079 / 1,714
3×3 one-handed32.3838.19
top 52.0%698 / 943

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

Hanoi Open 2010: 17.43Hanoi Open 2011: 10.5610.5617.4314 Aug 201030 Jul 2011

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 8.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.