People · Vietnam
Phạm An Bình
Clock · top 4.6% of 32,048 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024BINH01
Phạm An Bình has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 5.06, set at Vietnam Championship 2025, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12th in Vietnam. Until April 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since April 2024, he has put 189 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.40 in April 2024 to 9.80, a 27% improvement. He has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Vietnam | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 5.06 | 5.89 | top 4.6% | 12 / 201 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.49 | 5.50 | top 5.4% | 55 / 750 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.33 | 19.67 | top 6.7% | 105 / 943 | |
| 3×3 | 9.80 | 12.21 | top 6.9% | 434 / 2,913 | |
| 2×2 | 2.72 | 3.98 | top 11.1% | 213 / 1,714 | |
| Megaminx | 1:02.43 | 1:11.61 | top 11.3% | 36 / 249 | |
| 4×4 | 42.02 | 46.25 | top 14.5% | 231 / 1,065 | |
| Skewb | 5.29 | 6.73 | top 20.4% | 127 / 533 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.04 | 1:33.55 | top 21.6% | 156 / 539 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 51 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 52 / 63 |
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
- 15 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.80 at Vietnam Championship 2025.
- 15 Aug 2025Six personal bests in one day at Vietnam Championship 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025Eight personal bests in one day at HCMC VNC Warm Up 2025.
- 21 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at HCMC Cubing Autumn 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024First competition: Ho Chi Minh Spring 2024. A 13.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vietnam Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- HCMC VNC Warm Up 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- HCMC Cubing Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024
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.
- Nguyễn Đặng Minh Thọ — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Nguyễn Hoàng Thiên Phú — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Lê Hà Phong — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.