People · Australia
Phillip Nguyen
2×2 · top 5.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023NGUY41
Phillip Nguyen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.07, set at Melbourne Summer 2024, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 394th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2023, he has put 196 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.41 in August 2023 to 9.47, a 51% improvement. Phillip has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.07 | 4.30 | top 5.3% | 394 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 | 9.47 | 11.39 | top 6.1% | 560 / 11,943 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.29 | 5.51 | top 9.2% | 422 / 6,109 | |
| 4×4 | 40.65 | 51.45 | top 12.9% | 329 / 3,108 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.42 | 29.38 | top 30.0% | 686 / 2,685 | |
| Megaminx | 1:39.99 | — | early days — 2 solves | 442 / 1,313 | |
| Clock | 12.72 | — | early days — 2 solves | 416 / 1,159 | |
| Skewb | 7.86 | 11.81 | top 40.3% | 1,244 / 3,589 | |
| 5×5 | 1:47.18 | — | top 40.8% | 566 / 1,412 | |
| Square-1 | 29.04 | — | top 47.7% | 472 / 920 | |
| 6×6 | 3:51.01 | — | early days — 1 solve | 398 / 667 | |
| 7×7 | 6:50.57 | — | early days — 1 solve | 395 / 540 |
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
- 24 Jan 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.47 at Melbourne Summer 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Six personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Cube Days 2025.
- 24 Jan 2025Six personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2025.
- 12 May 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.58 at Kensington May Sunday 2024.
- 12 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Kensington May Sunday 2024.
Competitions
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals FMC 2024 · 7 Jul 2024
- Kensington May Sunday 2024 · 12 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cubing for Kids Sunday 2023 · 27 Aug 2023
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.
- Nathan Fares — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Gemma Tolhurst — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Charlie Handley — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.