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Nguyễn Đức Tài

3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018TAIN01

Nguyễn Đức Tài has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.62, set at Ha Noi Summer 2022, 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 5 competitions since August 2018, he has put 140 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.62 in August 2018 to 7.62, a 28% improvement. He has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time
7.62
signature single · Ha Noi Summer 2022
140
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingVietnam
3×37.6210.19
top 2.2%120 / 2,913
2×22.714.76
top 11.0%209 / 1,714
3×3 one-handed16.8220.05
top 12.1%192 / 943
7×73:22.683:46.85
top 17.2%33 / 137
5×51:19.931:23.58
top 19.0%135 / 539
4×449.0555.98
top 23.5%383 / 1,065
6×62:41.182:50.50
top 31.4%76 / 179
3×3 blindfolded6:50.82
early days — 2 solves96 / 100

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 Open 2018: 10.62Ha Noi Championship 2019: 8.89Ha Noi Cube Day 2020: 11.99Ha Noi Summer 2022: 7.62Hanoi Open 2022: 8.467.6211.995 Aug 201818 Sep 2022

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.