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Nguyễn Tấn Gia Nguyên

3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022NGUY26

Nguyễn Tấn Gia Nguyên has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.62, set at Hanoi COP Open 2024, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 120th in Vietnam. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since July 2022, he has put 169 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.99 in July 2022 to 7.62, a 36% improvement. He has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time
7.62
signature single · Hanoi COP Open 2024
169
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingVietnam
3×37.6211.26
top 2.2%120 / 2,913
3×3 one-handed13.4218.58
top 5.1%78 / 943
Pyraminx4.808.27
top 12.0%96 / 750
Clock8.138.65
top 15.8%47 / 201
2×23.654.67
top 22.1%478 / 1,714
4×455.971:00.78
top 31.9%511 / 1,065
Megaminx2:04.60
early days — 3 solves151 / 249
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves
early days — 2 solves32 / 63
Skewb13.3216.25
top 72.1%424 / 533

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

Ha Noi Summer 2022: 11.99Hanoi Open 2022: 8.92NxN in Hanoi 2024: 10.17Vietnam Championship 2024: 10.25Hanoi COP Open 2024: 7.62Hanoi CSP Open 2026: 10.487.6211.9916 Jul 202228 Jun 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.