People · United States
Raymond Tho Nguyen
3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025NGUY25
Raymond Tho Nguyen has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.38, set at GAN Southern Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,087th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since June 2025, he has put 59 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.43 in June 2025 to 7.38, a 22% improvement. Raymond has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.38 | 8.76 | top 1.8% | 1,087 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.88 | 32.75 | top 44.1% | 5,956 / 15,683 |
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
- 4 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Fall 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025First competition: DFW Cubing Summer 2025. A 10.45 3×3 single to start from.
- 21 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.43 at DFW Cubing Summer 2025.
Competitions
- GAN Southern Championship 2026 · 11 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 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.
- Maddox Smith — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Tristan Patrick — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jose Ortiz Jr. — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 3.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.