People · Vietnam
Nguyen Pham
3×3 · top 9.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022PHAM02
Nguyen Pham has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.65, set at Berkeley Fall 2026, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 589th in Vietnam. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since April 2022, he has put 245 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.63 in April 2022 to 10.65, a 27% improvement. Nguyen has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 10.65 | 11.98 | top 9.5% | 589 / 2,920 | |
| 2×2 | 3.88 | 5.69 | top 25.0% | 555 / 1,718 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.53 | 1:15.76 | top 45.5% | 690 / 1,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.07 | 34.10 | top 51.4% | 693 / 945 | |
| 5×5 | 2:15.25 | — | top 58.4% | 386 / 542 | |
| Clock | 28.50 | — | top 82.5% | 180 / 204 | |
| Pyraminx | 18.81 | 23.11 | top 91.3% | 729 / 752 | |
| 6×6 | 6:49.52 | — | early days — 3 solves | 182 / 180 |
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
- 11 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Fall 2026.
- 17 Apr 2022First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 30 2022.
Competitions
- Berkeley Fall 2026 · 11 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024 · 6 Apr 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023 · 6 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 47 - Berkeley Pride 2023 · 4 Jun 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 46 Live - SSF 2023 · 6 May 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
- Berkeley Spring 2023 · 12 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 36 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 32 LIVE - SSF 2022 · 22 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 31A - Mill Valley 2022 · 23 Apr 2022
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 30 2022 · 17 Apr 2022
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.
- Mitchell Lane — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
- An Le — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
- Varun Mohanraj — met in 53 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.