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Nguyễn Ngọc Thịnh

3×3 · top 0.32% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2010 · 2010NGUY33

Nguyễn Ngọc Thịnh has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.68, set at Ha Noi Open 2018, puts him in the top 0.32% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18th in Vietnam. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since August 2010, he has put 1,192 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.28 in August 2010 to 5.68, a 45% improvement. He has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.32% of 284,439 all-time
5.68
signature single · Ha Noi Open 2018
1,192
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingVietnam
3×35.687.86
top 0.32%18 / 2,913
4×424.0930.83
top 0.51%9 / 1,065
2×21.293.51
top 1.3%22 / 1,714
5×553.1059.56
top 2.7%24 / 539
Pyraminx2.985.17
top 3.6%39 / 750
3×3 one-handed13.9517.05
top 6.0%90 / 943
Megaminx53.581:01.18
top 6.8%23 / 249
6×61:51.572:05.11
top 7.8%22 / 179
7×73:30.553:38.14
top 20.0%37 / 137
Skewb5.4811.38
top 21.8%136 / 533
Clock20.4223.02
top 65.9%143 / 201
3×3 Fewest Moves53 moves—
early days — 1 solve56 / 63
Square-12:07.314:20.18
top 98.8%161 / 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

Hanoi Open 2010: 10.28Hanoi Open 2011: 11.50Ha Noi Open 2012: 9.34Ha Noi Open 2013: 10.02CSP Open 2014: 8.41Ho Chi Minh Open 2014: 7.52Ha Noi Cube Day 2016: 8.83Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2016: 8.65CSP Open 2016: 9.22HCMC Summer Open 2016: 8.60Ha Noi Open 2016: 8.19Ho Chi Minh City Open 2017: 7.87Ha Noi Open 2018: 5.68Ha Noi Cube Day 2019: 8.69Ha Noi Championship 2019: 8.17HCMC Pro League 2019: 7.50Thailand Championship 2019: 6.81Ha Noi Cube Day 2020: 7.43Ha Noi Summer 2020: 7.14Ha Noi Summer 2022: 7.02Da Nang Open 2022: 7.65Hanoi Open 2022: 7.18Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 6.78Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 7.685.6811.5014 Aug 20101 Nov 2024

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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 4.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.