People · Vietnam
Novaleigh Bui
Megaminx · top 0.91% of 34,786 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017NGHI11
Novaleigh Bui has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 36.78, set at Nub Open Lake Forest 2024, puts her in the top 0.91% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Vietnam. Until May 2016, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since August 2017, she has put 321 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 14.69 in August 2017 to 7.95, a 46% improvement. Novaleigh has entered 13 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 36.78 | 43.80 | top 0.91% | 2 / 249 | |
| 3×3 | 7.95 | 9.40 | top 2.7% | 148 / 2,913 | |
| 2×2 | 2.48 | 3.84 | top 8.7% | 153 / 1,714 | |
| 4×4 | 37.51 | 46.09 | top 9.3% | 159 / 1,065 | |
| 5×5 | 1:07.57 | 1:13.60 | top 10.0% | 72 / 539 | |
| Square-1 | 16.92 | 21.21 | top 20.8% | 48 / 161 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.05 | 10.40 | top 28.3% | 248 / 750 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.14 | 35.29 | top 39.7% | 561 / 943 |
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
- 11 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Circle City Turbocharged 2023.
- 6 Feb 2022Four personal bests in one day at Anaheim Winter B 2022.
- 2 Feb 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.83 at Mudd Winter 2019.
- 19 Aug 2017First competition: Nisei Week 2017. A 14.69 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nub Open Lake Forest 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Fullerton Winter 2024 · 24 Feb 2024
- University Heights Cubing Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Winter 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- Agoura SpookCubing 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Santa Ana Summer A 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pride in Long Beach 2023 · 11 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Circle City Turbocharged 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Long Beach Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Anaheim Winter B 2022 · 6 Feb 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Mudd Winter 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Mudd Winter 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Nisei Week 2017 · 19 Aug 2017
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 her.
- Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead once
- Elijah Brown — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Michael Young — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 6.78 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.95 away.
Targets move as she improves.