People · Vietnam
Shin Nguyen
2×2 · top 4.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024NGUY44
Shin Nguyen has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.94, set at Solve Well in Wellington 2025, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 64th in Vietnam. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since July 2024, he has put 212 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.01 in July 2024 to 12.93, a 38% improvement. Shin has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Vietnam | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.94 | 4.60 | top 4.4% | 64 / 1,714 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.93 | 10.27 | top 7.3% | 64 / 750 | |
| 3×3 | 12.93 | 15.12 | top 17.2% | 1,020 / 2,913 | |
| 4×4 | 52.06 | 1:08.87 | top 27.2% | 438 / 1,065 | |
| Skewb | 8.00 | 14.16 | top 41.3% | 255 / 533 |
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
- 11 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at NZ North Island Championship 2025.
- 14 Sep 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.57 at Only Cubes in Wellington 2024.
- 14 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.67 at Only Cubes in Wellington 2024.
- 14 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Only Cubes in Wellington 2024.
- 19 Jul 2024First competition: NZ North Island Championship 2024. A 22.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026 · 10 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Solve Well in Wellington 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2025 · 11 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Johnsonville FTOpen 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Just Solve in Johnsonville 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kubing in Kapiti 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Only Cubes in Wellington 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2024 · 19 Jul 2024 — 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.
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Luke Steele — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jack McDougall — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.