People · Vietnam
Phan Bá Minh Hoàng
3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020HOAN05
Phan Bá Minh Hoàng has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.60, set at Hanoi Open 2022, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 116th in Vietnam. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2020, he has put 96 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.99 in January 2020 to 7.60, a 49% improvement. Phan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 7.60 | 10.99 | top 2.1% | 116 / 2,913 | |
| 2×2 | 2.78 | 3.86 | top 11.8% | 232 / 1,714 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.04 | 25.94 | top 28.9% | 427 / 943 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.83 | 1:11.26 | top 37.4% | 581 / 1,065 |
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
- 18 Sep 2022First sub-10 3×3: 7.60 at Hanoi Open 2022.
- 5 Jan 2020First competition: Ha Noi Cube Day 2020. A 14.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hanoi Summer 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hanoi Super Brain Zyo 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hanoi Open 2022 · 18 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Ha Noi Summer 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Ha Noi Summer 2020 · 20 Sep 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Ha Noi Cube Day 2020 · 5 Jan 2020
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.
- Hoàng Hà Thủy Tiên — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
- Phạm Đức Phước — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Đoàn Anh Dũng — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.