People · Australia
Raymond Vu
3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022VURA01
Raymond Vu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.91, set at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 435th in Australia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2022, he has put 262 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.42 in June 2022 to 8.91, a 38% improvement. Raymond has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.91 | 10.92 | top 4.7% | 435 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.18 | 3.48 | top 6.0% | 433 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.21 | 6.85 | top 14.5% | 694 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.05 | 32.36 | top 23.4% | 528 / 2,659 | |
| 4×4 | 50.35 | 55.88 | top 25.2% | 637 / 3,051 | |
| Skewb | 8.09 | 11.89 | top 42.0% | 1,281 / 3,534 | |
| Clock | 14.57 | 20.92 | top 46.2% | 476 / 1,095 | |
| 5×5 | 2:12.74 | — | early days — 2 solves | 784 / 1,356 | |
| Megaminx | 2:53.20 | — | early days — 2 solves | 955 / 1,277 |
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
- 15 Dec 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.91 at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
- 4 Jun 2022First competition: Victorian Open 2022. A 14.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- West Melbourne Open 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Altona Algorithms 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Koalafication Melbourne 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Trilogy Sunday 2022 · 14 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2022 · 4 Jun 2022 — 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.
- Alex Butera — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 53 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ben Wakelin — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.