People · United States
Steven Duong
3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022HUNG01
Steven Duong has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.69, set at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,332nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2022, he has put 110 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.14 in July 2022 to 7.69, a 24% improvement. Steven has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 7.69 | 10.90 | top 2.3% | 1,332 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.39 | 3.76 | top 7.9% | 3,103 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 43.07 | 51.36 | top 15.8% | 2,402 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.72 | 23.59 | top 22.5% | 2,886 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.43 | 1:57.73 | top 37.9% | 3,029 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 7.69 at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023.
- 17 Jul 2022First competition: Ho Chi Minh City Warm Up 2022. A 11.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Carmen Cube Clash Ohio State 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- NxNationwide Lewis Center 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio State Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh City Warm Up 2022 · 17 Jul 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.
- Luke Garrett — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Braden Richards — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Dyland Bennett — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.