People · Vietnam
Nguyễn Quốc Nam
Clock · top 2.4% of 32,048 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019NAMN01
Nguyễn Quốc Nam has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 4.03, set at Hanoi Side Events 2024, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Vietnam. Until June 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since January 2019, he has put 231 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.06 in January 2019 to 8.95, a 26% improvement. He has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Vietnam | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 4.03 | 5.18 | top 2.4% | 9 / 201 | |
| 3×3 | 8.95 | 10.17 | top 4.7% | 296 / 2,913 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.64 | 16.99 | top 5.5% | 82 / 943 | |
| 4×4 | 34.80 | 42.07 | top 6.5% | 116 / 1,065 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.55 | 6.59 | top 10.5% | 88 / 750 | |
| 2×2 | 3.59 | 5.14 | top 21.3% | 462 / 1,714 | |
| Megaminx | 1:39.94 | 1:44.86 | top 34.6% | 109 / 249 | |
| 5×5 | 2:00.23 | — | early days — 1 solve | 335 / 539 | |
| Skewb | 9.57 | 16.32 | top 52.3% | 309 / 533 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:06.90 | 4:01.79 | top 54.4% | 54 / 100 | |
| 6×6 | 3:47.28 | 3:56.03 | early days — 3 solves | 145 / 179 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 2 cubes · 17:05 | — | early days — 1 solve | 15 / 20 |
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
- 20 Sep 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.58 at Ha Noi Summer 2020.
- 20 Sep 2020Four personal bests in one day at Ha Noi Summer 2020.
- 20 Jan 2019First competition: Ha Noi Cube Day 2019. A 12.06 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Blind Till Nine in Vietnam 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Vietnam Championship 2024 · 19 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Aeon Mall Long Bien 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hanoi Side Events 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hanoi Summer 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Vietnam Championship 2023 · 14 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hanoi Super Brain Zyo 2023 · 25 Feb 2023
- Ha Noi Summer 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Ha Noi Summer 2020 · 20 Sep 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Ha Noi Cube Day 2020 · 5 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Ha Noi Championship 2019 · 3 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Ha Noi Cube Day 2019 · 20 Jan 2019
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.
- Mai Đức Hòa — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Phạm Đức Phước — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Nguyễn Mạnh Hưng — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.