People · Vietnam
Phong Hoang
3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023HOAN07
Phong Hoang has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.85, set at Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 140th in Vietnam. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since December 2023, he has put 149 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Phong has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 7.85 | 9.52 | top 2.5% | 140 / 2,913 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.49 | 18.78 | top 11.3% | 174 / 943 | |
| 4×4 | 43.47 | 47.85 | top 16.4% | 258 / 1,065 | |
| 2×2 | 3.54 | 3.96 | top 20.7% | 442 / 1,714 | |
| 5×5 | 1:41.13 | 1:55.23 | top 36.2% | 261 / 539 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.51 | 9.58 | top 40.6% | 363 / 750 |
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
- 2 Dec 2023First competition: Texas Championship 2023. A 9.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Texas Championship 2024 · 22 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Turning at Tompkins Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Texas Championship 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Derek Herrera — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
- Rune Thomas Coulbourne — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Siwoo Kim — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.85 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.