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Phung Gia Bao

2×2 · top 6.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017BAOP01

Phung Gia Bao has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.17, set at Ho Chi Minh City Open 2019, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 91st in Vietnam. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since May 2017, he has put 214 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.24 in May 2017 to 10.22, a 66% improvement. Phung has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.17
signature single · Ho Chi Minh City Open 2019
214
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingVietnam
2×22.173.62
top 6.0%91 / 1,714
3×310.2210.89
top 8.1%506 / 2,913
3×3 one-handed16.2921.58
top 10.9%168 / 943
4×449.7359.84
top 24.4%398 / 1,065
Skewb7.278.16
top 35.8%216 / 533
Pyraminx9.7112.40
top 50.7%461 / 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

Ho Chi Minh Warm Up 2017: 30.24Ho Chi Minh City Open 2017: 21.56Ho Chi Minh Cube Day 2017: 15.08Ho Chi Minh Open 2018: 13.55Ho Chi Minh Let's Cube 2019: 10.22Ho Chi Minh City Open 2019: 10.29HCMC Pro League 2019: 10.2210.2230.2428 May 201725 Aug 2019

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.