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Phi-long Nguyen

3×3 · top 12.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2014 · 2014NGUY07

Phi-long Nguyen has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.45, set at Marrs Mixup Winter 2017, puts him in the top 12.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,454th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since June 2014, he has put 252 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.25 in June 2014 to 2.90, a 60% improvement. He has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.0% of 284,439 all-time
11.45
signature single · Marrs Mixup Winter 2017
252
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.4513.85
top 12.0%6,454 / 59,724
2×22.904.26
top 13.1%5,164 / 40,951
Pyraminx5.918.19
top 19.3%5,145 / 28,708
Skewb6.7810.06
top 31.9%5,311 / 18,907

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

Iowa Corn Lovers 2014: 7.25Michigan 2014: 3.73Lawrence Open 2014: 2.90Oklahoma Open 2014: 3.56Lawrence Spring 2015: 3.19Kansas City Cubing 2015: 3.83KCubing Spring 2016: 4.52Marrs Mixup Winter 2017: 3.40KCubing Winter 2017: 4.33Overland Park Open 2017: 2.912.907.257 Jun 201429 Apr 2017

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.45 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.