People · Vietnam
Nguyễn Phúc Thịnh
4×4 · top 3.3% of 85,040 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015THIN01
Nguyễn Phúc Thịnh has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 30.59, set at Vietnam Championship 2023, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 55th in Vietnam. Until August 2011, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since July 2015, he has put 286 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one; 99% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 4×4 best has come down from 46.86 in July 2015 to 30.59, a 35% improvement. He has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 30.59 | 39.05 | top 3.3% | 55 / 1,071 | |
| 5×5 | 58.95 | 1:05.99 | top 5.1% | 37 / 542 | |
| 7×7 | 2:48.06 | 2:54.58 | top 7.3% | 16 / 140 | |
| 3×3 | 9.97 | 12.20 | top 7.4% | 464 / 2,920 | |
| 6×6 | 1:53.25 | 2:04.02 | top 8.5% | 28 / 180 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.54 | 6.89 | top 16.7% | 135 / 752 | |
| 2×2 | 3.41 | 4.02 | top 19.2% | 406 / 1,718 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.70 | 33.81 | top 38.7% | 547 / 945 | |
| Square-1 | 25.98 | 36.32 | top 41.5% | 90 / 163 | |
| Skewb | 9.66 | 13.12 | top 52.9% | 315 / 534 | |
| Megaminx | 2:13.39 | 2:36.42 | top 53.0% | 169 / 253 |
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, 4×4. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at cubingHCM Big Cube Winter 2024.
- 17 Jul 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.97 at Ho Chi Minh City Warm Up 2022.
- 14 Jul 2018Eight personal bests in one day at Ho Chi Minh Open 2018.
- 13 Mar 2016Five personal bests in one day at HCMC Spring Open 2016.
- 12 Jul 2015First competition: Ho Chi Minh Open 2015. A 14.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- HCMC VNC Warm Up 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- cubingHCM 3x3 Winter 2024 · 15 Dec 2024
- cubingHCM Big Cube Winter 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Vietnam Championship 2023 · 14 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh City Warm Up 2022 · 17 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh Open 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 8 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh City Open 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh Warm Up 2017 · 28 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- HCMC Summer Open 2016 · 30 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- HCMC Spring Open 2016 · 13 Mar 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh Open 2015 · 12 Jul 2015
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.
- Dương Hữu Khang — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Nguyễn Tuấn Công — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Huỳnh Bá Tùng — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 733 people have one; it is 8.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.