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Stephan Nguyen

2×2 · top 34.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014NGUY11

Stephan Nguyen has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.59, set at Dallas Back to School 2015, puts him in the top 34.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,579th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since October 2014, he has put 93 official solves on the record across seven events. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.62 in October 2014 to 19.84, a 12% improvement. Stephan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 34.1% of 186,767 all-time
4.59
signature single · Dallas Back to School 2015
93
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.596.98
top 34.1%13,579 / 40,951
3×319.8421.07
top 39.5%22,368 / 59,724
4×41:11.161:26.97
top 48.0%8,018 / 19,072
Pyraminx9.6911.05
top 50.6%14,692 / 28,708
Skewb12.2016.32
top 67.0%12,526 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed45.6849.83
top 72.4%10,446 / 15,683
5×53:07.69
early days — 2 solves7,318 / 9,401

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

Rice University 2014: 22.62Austin Cubing Limits 2015: 20.97Texas Two-Day Showdown 2015: 19.84Dallas Back to School 2015: 21.6819.8422.6218 Oct 201416 Aug 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.