People · Vietnam
Nguyễn Ngọc Thủy Tiên
3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025TIEN01
Nguyễn Ngọc Thủy Tiên has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.97, set at Arena HCMC Spring 2026, puts her in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 67th in Vietnam. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2025, she has put 100 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Her 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 14.40 in April 2025 to 10.49, a 27% improvement. She has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 6.97 | 7.55 | top 1.3% | 67 / 2,913 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.49 | 12.50 | top 1.4% | 22 / 943 | |
| 4×4 | 37.30 | 42.00 | top 9.0% | 153 / 1,065 | |
| 2×2 | 2.78 | 4.40 | top 11.8% | 232 / 1,714 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.93 | 15.25 | top 19.5% | 160 / 750 | |
| Clock | 9.64 | — | early days — 3 solves | 65 / 201 | |
| Skewb | 7.87 | 10.15 | top 40.3% | 247 / 533 | |
| 5×5 | 2:13.85 | — | early days — 1 solve | 380 / 539 | |
| Megaminx | 2:32.47 | — | early days — 2 solves | 187 / 249 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 49 moves | 54.33 | early days — 3 solves | 47 / 63 |
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 one-handed. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Arena HCMC Spring 2026.
- 12 Apr 2025First competition: HCMC VNC Warm Up 2025. A 8.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Arena HCMC Spring 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Vietnam Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- HCMC VNC Warm Up 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
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 her.
- Nguyễn Tuấn Công — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nguyễn Đặng Minh Thọ — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Nguyễn Hoàng Thiên Phú — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as she improves.