People · Vietnam
Nguyễn Phước Bảo Châu
3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024CHAU05
Nguyễn Phước Bảo Châu has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.76, set at Vietnam Championship 2024, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 51st in Vietnam. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2024, he has put 276 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 2.96 in March 2024 to 2.62, an 11% improvement. He has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 6.76 | 10.00 | top 1.1% | 51 / 2,913 | |
| Clock | 3.36 | 4.31 | top 1.3% | 5 / 201 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.62 | 4.09 | top 2.5% | 31 / 750 | |
| Skewb | 2.88 | 5.30 | top 4.4% | 26 / 533 | |
| 2×2 | 2.15 | 3.25 | top 5.8% | 85 / 1,714 | |
| 4×4 | 39.59 | 43.49 | top 11.6% | 187 / 1,065 | |
| Megaminx | 1:07.19 | 1:15.11 | top 14.0% | 46 / 249 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.76 | 21.33 | top 19.9% | 294 / 943 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.67 | 1:38.12 | top 28.7% | 212 / 539 | |
| Square-1 | 21.00 | 31.42 | top 30.2% | 62 / 161 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 36 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 23 / 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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Vietnam Championship 2025.
- 21 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at HCMC Cubing Autumn 2024.
- 19 Jul 2024First sub-10 3×3: 6.76 at Vietnam Championship 2024.
- 19 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Vietnam Championship 2024.
- 24 Mar 2024First competition: Hanoi Side Events 2024. A 10.32 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vietnam Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- HCMC VNC Warm Up 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- HCMC Cubing Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Vietnam Championship 2024 · 19 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Hanoi Side Events 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Đặng Trần Diễn — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Nguyễn Đặng Minh Thọ — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Nguyễn Hoàng Thiên Phú — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-3 Clock single — 239 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.