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Phan Thanh Hải

4×4 · top 6.8% of 83,917 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014HIPH01

Phan Thanh Hải has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 35.06, set at Ho Chi Minh City Open 2017, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 120th in Vietnam. Until October 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2014, he has put 68 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 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.15 in August 2014 to 11.45, a 19% improvement. Phan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 6.8% of 83,917 all-time
35.06
signature single · Ho Chi Minh City Open 2017
68
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingVietnam
4×435.0646.16
top 6.8%120 / 1,065
3×311.4513.29
top 12.0%730 / 2,913
3×3 one-handed26.5134.17
top 38.1%536 / 943
5×51:53.772:28.39
top 45.2%309 / 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

Ho Chi Minh Open 2014: 14.15Ho Chi Minh Open 2015: 13.49HCMC Summer Open 2016: 11.74Ho Chi Minh Warm Up 2017: 11.45Ho Chi Minh City Open 2017: 11.7311.4514.1531 Aug 201419 Aug 2017

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-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.06 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.