People · Vietnam
Phạm Nguyễn Hoàng Duy
3×3 one-handed · top 0.75% of 73,695 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016DUYP01
Phạm Nguyễn Hoàng Duy has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 9.50, set at HCMC VNC Warm Up 2025, puts him in the top 0.75% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15th in Vietnam. Until December 2012, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since March 2016, he has put 448 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.04 in March 2016 to 7.11, a 41% improvement. He 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 9.50 | 13.14 | top 0.75% | 15 / 943 | |
| 3×3 | 7.11 | 7.92 | top 1.5% | 76 / 2,913 | |
| 4×4 | 27.77 | 35.01 | top 1.7% | 28 / 1,065 | |
| 5×5 | 59.25 | 1:01.13 | top 5.1% | 39 / 539 | |
| 6×6 | 1:51.65 | 2:04.32 | top 7.8% | 23 / 179 | |
| 2×2 | 2.45 | 4.89 | top 8.4% | 146 / 1,714 | |
| 7×7 | 3:08.10 | 3:17.72 | top 12.7% | 27 / 137 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.47 | 15.71 | top 23.6% | 201 / 750 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:28.93 | — | early days — 1 solve | 45 / 100 | |
| Megaminx | 2:03.23 | 2:12.52 | top 47.6% | 149 / 249 |
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
- 14 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at cubingHCM Big Cube Winter 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at HCMC Cubing Autumn 2024.
- 14 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Vietnam Championship 2023.
- 25 Aug 2019Five personal bests in one day at HCMC Pro League 2019.
- 13 Jul 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Ho Chi Minh City Open 2019.
- 20 Jan 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.23 at Ho Chi Minh Let's Cube 2019.
Competitions
- Arena HCMC Spring 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Vietnam Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- HCMC VNC Warm Up 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- cubingHCM 3x3 Winter 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- cubingHCM Big Cube Winter 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- HCMC Cubing Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Vietnam Championship 2023 · 14 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh Open 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- HCMC Pro League 2019 · 25 Aug 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh City Open 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh Let's Cube 2019 · 20 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- HCMC Summer Open 2016 · 30 Jul 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- HCMC Spring Open 2016 · 13 Mar 2016 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Lê Hà Phong — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Nguyễn Tuấn Công — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Nguyễn Xuân Đức — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.