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Thai Bui

Pyraminx · top 1.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018BUIT01

Thai Bui has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.36, set at New Braunfels Comal Cubing Classic 2026, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 486th in the United States. Until April 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 57 competitions since February 2018, he has put 1,866 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.60 in February 2018 to 9.60, a 48% improvement. Thai has entered 57 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.9% of 129,321 all-time
2.36
signature single · New Braunfels Comal Cubing Classic 2026
1,866
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx2.364.69
top 1.9%486 / 28,708
Skewb2.375.64
top 2.4%360 / 18,907
Square-17.6710.43
top 2.6%189 / 6,743
2×21.763.65
top 3.4%1,316 / 40,951
3×3 blindfolded27.2740.66
top 3.5%67 / 2,092
Clock5.587.08
top 5.9%458 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves28.33
top 6.2%149 / 2,040
3×39.6011.82
top 6.4%3,524 / 59,724
4×440.3746.63
top 12.5%1,848 / 19,072
3×3 Multi-Blind14 of 16 cubes · 55:36—
top 12.8%94 / 731
3×3 one-handed17.7425.66
top 14.4%1,879 / 15,683
5×51:16.731:29.18
top 16.6%1,289 / 9,401
Megaminx1:16.401:23.47
top 19.5%1,336 / 7,841
6×62:59.473:11.64
top 40.9%1,495 / 4,196
4×4 blindfolded9:01.00—
early days — 1 solve215 / 440
7×75:14.195:35.39
top 55.3%1,629 / 3,184

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

Howdy Partner 2018: 18.60CubingUSA Southern Championship 2018: 19.52Bayou Bash 2018: 22.28DFW Cubing Fiesta July 2018: 21.46DFW Cubing Fiesta August 2018: 19.63DFW Cubing Fiesta September 2018: 16.79Longhorn Fall 2018: 18.15Utah Snowball Bash 2018: 20.16Dallas Winter 2018: 16.44Frisco Liberty Cubing 2019: 15.47DFW With A Twist 2019: 15.42Ready For Summer Frisco 2019: 15.74CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 17.45Austin NxN 2024: 12.93Austin Cubing Limits Winter 2025: 12.50Cubing Simple in Temple 2025: 13.34Austin Spring Open 2025: 9.60DFW Qualifier 2025: 10.81Cube More in Taylor 2025: 10.50DFW Cubing Summer 2025: 9.86The Heart of Texas Fall 2025: 12.62Space City Fall TX 2025: 11.40Temple Cubing Fall 2025: 10.86Cube On in Richardson 2025: 10.36Texas Championship 2025: 10.95Brazos Cubing Winter 2026: 10.47New Braunfels Comal Cubing Classic 2026: 10.25Temple Cubing Winter 2026: 12.14The Heart of Texas Spring 2026: 10.57DFW Cubing Spring 2026: 10.66Round Rock Splash & Solve 2026: 10.72Abilene Spring 2026: 11.22Temple Qualifier 2026: 11.62Oklahoma Championship 2026: 11.84GAN Southern Championship 2026: 10.80Cubing at COTA 2026: 10.189.6022.283 Feb 201827 Jun 2026

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.

  • Ryan Pilat — met in 349 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
  • Tristan Patrick — met in 304 rounds, finished ahead 113 times
  • James Wang — met in 196 rounds, finished ahead 104 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.