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Phạm Quang Minh

3×3 · top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012MINH01

Phạm Quang Minh has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.17, set at Ha Noi Summer 2020, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 331st in Vietnam. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since August 2012, he has put 22 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.63 in August 2012 to 9.17, a 33% improvement. He has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time
9.17
signature single · Ha Noi Summer 2020
22
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingVietnam
3×39.1711.76
top 5.3%331 / 2,913
3×3 one-handed18.6521.70
top 16.8%253 / 943
4×41:02.70
early days — 2 solves613 / 1,065
5×51:55.77
early days — 1 solve315 / 539

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 2012: 13.63Ha Noi Summer 2020: 9.179.1713.634 Aug 201220 Sep 2020

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.