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Steven Duc Nguyen

2×2 · top 8.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019NGUY12

Steven Duc Nguyen has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.46, set at Kensington Summer Sunday 2023, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 645th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2019, he has put 105 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.65 in January 2019 to 10.86, a 61% improvement. Steven has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.46
signature single · Kensington Summer Sunday 2023
105
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.465.30
top 8.5%645 / 8,567
3×310.8616.83
top 10.1%891 / 11,709
Skewb7.199.29
top 35.1%1,016 / 3,534
Pyraminx9.6113.78
top 49.9%2,820 / 5,993
4×41:19.871:23.98
top 55.8%1,543 / 3,051

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

Melbourne Summer 2019: 27.65Ho Chi Minh City Open 2019: 20.45Melbourne Mini Saturday 2022: 15.36Kensington Summer Sunday 2023: 15.85Hampton Park Summer Sunday 2023: 10.8610.8627.6526 Jan 20193 Dec 2023

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.