People · Vietnam
Phan Tu Nghi
3×3 · top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2010 · 2010PHAN03
Phan Tu Nghi has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.66, set at Ho Chi Minh City Open 2019, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 245th in Vietnam. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since August 2010, he has put 396 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.66 in August 2010 to 8.66, a 41% improvement. Phan has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 8.66 | 10.78 | top 4.1% | 245 / 2,913 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.98 | 1:12.61 | top 9.0% | 64 / 539 | |
| 2×2 | 2.58 | 5.32 | top 9.7% | 172 / 1,714 | |
| 4×4 | 44.09 | 48.12 | top 17.2% | 270 / 1,065 | |
| 6×6 | 2:32.39 | 2:38.61 | top 26.8% | 63 / 179 | |
| 7×7 | 4:05.74 | 4:20.54 | top 32.9% | 63 / 137 | |
| Megaminx | 2:47.52 | 3:15.53 | top 69.2% | 206 / 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
- 13 Jul 2019First sub-10 3×3: 8.66 at Ho Chi Minh City Open 2019.
- 5 Nov 2016Four personal bests in one day at Cubetcha 2016.
- 29 Jul 2012Four personal bests in one day at Ho Chi Minh Open 2012.
- 6 Aug 2011Four personal bests in one day at Ho Chi Minh City Open 2011.
- 7 Aug 2010First competition: Ho Chi Minh City Open 2010. A 14.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vietnam Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025
- HCMC VNC Warm Up 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- cubingHCM 3x3 Winter 2024 · 15 Dec 2024
- cubingHCM Big Cube Winter 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ho Chi Minh Open 2022 · 26 Nov 2022
- Ho Chi Minh City Open 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh Open 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Ho Chi Minh Spring Open 2018 · 15 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh Cube Day 2017 · 22 Oct 2017
- Ho Chi Minh City Open 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh Warm Up 2017 · 28 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cubetcha 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Dixon Fall 2016 · 8 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiscube 2016 · 3 Sep 2016
- Ho Chi Minh Open 2013 · 27 Jul 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh Open 2012 · 29 Jul 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh City Open 2011 · 6 Aug 2011 — 4 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh City Open 2010 · 7 Aug 2010
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 Tuấn Công — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Lê Hà Phong — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Nguyễn Xuân Đức — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 5.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.