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Quang Nguyen-Ba

3×3 · top 22.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014NGUY03

Quang Nguyen-Ba has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.33, set at Cubes4Speed MOX Summer 2015, puts him in the top 22.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,958th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since March 2014, he has put 54 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.74 in March 2014 to 14.33, a 27% improvement. Quang has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 22.1% of 284,439 all-time
14.33
signature single · Cubes4Speed MOX Summer 2015
54
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.3317.28
top 22.1%11,958 / 59,724
4×41:09.121:13.87
top 46.0%7,645 / 19,072
5×52:28.892:41.10
top 65.2%5,689 / 9,401
2×27.779.14
top 66.3%27,363 / 40,951
Pyraminx17.6721.70
top 89.2%26,221 / 28,708

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

Cube Kingdom II 2014: 19.74UW Spring 2015: 16.34Cubes4Speed MOX Summer 2015: 14.3314.3319.7415 Mar 201413 Jun 2015

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.

  • Patrick Elliott — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
  • Janelle Tin — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Ben Yu — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.33 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 9.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.