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Nguyễn Quang Trung

3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2011 · 2011NGUY10

Nguyễn Quang Trung has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.30, set at Ha Noi Cube Day 2016, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 188th in Vietnam. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since July 2011, he has put 163 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.88 in July 2011 to 8.30, a 36% improvement. He has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time
8.30
signature single · Ha Noi Cube Day 2016
163
official solves on the record
19%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingVietnam
3×38.309.72
top 3.3%188 / 2,913
4×435.8643.01
top 7.5%129 / 1,065
3×3 one-handed15.9319.16
top 10.0%155 / 943
5×51:20.881:25.95
top 19.8%142 / 539
3×3 blindfolded1:27.61
early days — 3 solves24 / 100
2×24.286.14
top 30.1%689 / 1,714

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 2011: 12.88Ha Noi Open 2012: 11.36Ha Noi Open 2013: 10.18Ha Noi Open 2014: 9.03Ha Noi Cube Day 2016: 8.30CSP Open 2016: 8.498.3012.8830 Jul 201120 Mar 2016

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.