People · Vietnam
Phạm Thái Bảo
3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024BAOP02
Phạm Thái Bảo has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.86, set at Arena HCMC Spring 2026, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 281st in Vietnam. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since September 2024, he has put 128 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.44 in September 2024 to 2.37, a 31% improvement. He has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 8.86 | 9.53 | top 4.5% | 281 / 2,913 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.67 | 17.35 | top 7.4% | 114 / 943 | |
| Clock | 6.12 | 7.12 | top 7.6% | 19 / 201 | |
| 2×2 | 2.37 | 3.61 | top 7.7% | 129 / 1,714 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.99 | 7.37 | top 19.9% | 170 / 750 | |
| 4×4 | 54.53 | 1:02.83 | top 30.2% | 482 / 1,065 | |
| Skewb | 11.12 | 14.39 | top 61.5% | 368 / 533 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Arena HCMC Spring 2026.
- 15 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.95 at Vietnam Championship 2025.
- 15 Aug 2025Six personal bests in one day at Vietnam Championship 2025.
- 21 Sep 2024First competition: HCMC Cubing Autumn 2024. A 14.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Arena HCMC Spring 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Vietnam Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- HCMC VNC Warm Up 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- cubingHCM 3x3 Winter 2024 · 15 Dec 2024
- HCMC Cubing Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 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 28 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Nguyễn Tuấn Công — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Nguyễn Hoàng Thiên Phú — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.