People · Vietnam
Nguyễn Nam Phong
4×4 · top 4.8% of 83,917 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024PHON03
Nguyễn Nam Phong has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 32.78, set at Hanoi Summer 2025, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 83rd in Vietnam. Until November 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since January 2024, he has put 400 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.77 in January 2024 to 9.03, a 59% improvement. He has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 32.78 | 38.80 | top 4.8% | 83 / 1,065 | |
| 3×3 | 9.03 | 10.56 | top 4.9% | 306 / 2,913 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.73 | 16.75 | top 5.6% | 86 / 943 | |
| 6×6 | 1:57.52 | 2:03.80 | top 10.0% | 30 / 179 | |
| 5×5 | 1:08.75 | 1:12.40 | top 10.7% | 77 / 539 | |
| 7×7 | 3:02.44 | 3:13.05 | top 11.2% | 25 / 137 | |
| Megaminx | 1:08.33 | 1:21.43 | top 14.7% | 48 / 249 | |
| Clock | 8.32 | 9.90 | top 16.7% | 51 / 201 | |
| 2×2 | 3.25 | 4.07 | top 17.2% | 350 / 1,714 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.21 | 7.21 | top 21.6% | 187 / 750 | |
| Square-1 | 23.83 | 36.08 | top 36.5% | 78 / 161 | |
| Skewb | 7.75 | 10.57 | top 39.4% | 241 / 533 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:02.02 | — | early days — 1 solve | 69 / 100 |
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
- 14 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at Vietnam Championship 2026.
- 21 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at MYHM HaNxNoi 2026.
- 20 Sep 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Hanoi Summer 2025.
- 15 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.65 at Manchester June 2025.
- 15 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Manchester June 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025Six personal bests in one day at NxN in Hanoi 2025.
Competitions
- Vietnam Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Hanoi CSP Open 2026 · 28 Jun 2026
- MYHM HaNxNoi 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Hanoi Summer 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Manchester June 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- NxN in Hanoi 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Hanoi Winter 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Hanoi COP Open 2024 · 11 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Vietnam Championship 2024 · 19 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Aeon Mall Long Bien 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Hanoi Side Events 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- NxN in Hanoi 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
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.
- Nông Quốc Duy — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Đặng Trần Diễn — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Phạm Đức Phước — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.78 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.