People · Norway
Thang Vinh Vu
2×2 · top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022VUTH02
Thang Vinh Vu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.27, set at Norwegian Championship 2025, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23rd in Norway. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since July 2022, he has put 1,297 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.22 in July 2022 to 8.35, a 57% improvement. Thang has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Norway | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.27 | 3.01 | top 1.3% | 23 / 1,202 | |
| 3×3 | 8.35 | 10.24 | top 3.4% | 57 / 1,609 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.49 | 6.20 | top 5.4% | 61 / 865 | |
| Skewb | 3.54 | 8.01 | top 8.0% | 46 / 531 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.34 | 18.38 | top 8.8% | 42 / 513 | |
| 4×4 | 38.12 | 42.47 | top 9.9% | 48 / 590 | |
| Clock | 8.36 | 10.08 | top 16.9% | 39 / 241 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.82 | 1:26.98 | top 18.2% | 37 / 318 | |
| Megaminx | 1:21.65 | 1:33.78 | top 22.9% | 42 / 262 | |
| Square-1 | 22.71 | 29.96 | top 34.0% | 55 / 153 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:41.32 | 4:32.02 | top 46.8% | 40 / 93 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | 45.33 | top 48.3% | 57 / 117 | |
| 7×7 | 5:05.22 | 5:10.16 | top 52.2% | 44 / 115 | |
| 6×6 | 3:43.59 | 4:42.71 | top 60.0% | 73 / 136 |
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
- 14 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at Norwegian Championship 2026.
- 7 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Kalvskinnet Kubing 2026.
- 1 Aug 2025Six personal bests in one day at Norwegian Championship 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Chill Out Trondheim 2025.
- 27 Apr 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Trondheim Spring 2024.
- 23 Feb 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Flatåsen Open 2024.
Competitions
- Norwegian Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Trondheim Spring 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- Kalvskinnet Kubing 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Trondheim 3x3 Day 2025 · 15 Nov 2025
- Trondheim Høst 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- Norwegian Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Flatåsen Open 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Trondheim Play 2025 · 3 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chill Out Trondheim 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Julekubing 2024 · 29 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kalvskinnet Kubing 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Trondheim Friends 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Trondheim Spring 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Flatåsen Open 2024 · 23 Feb 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Trondheim Mental Breakdown 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Chill Out Trondheim 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Portal Trondheim 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bartebyen 2023 · 13 Oct 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Nidaros Big Cubes 2023 · 22 Sep 2023 — 8 personal bests set
- Trondheim Friends 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Trondheim Hverdagskubing Mai 2023 · 31 May 2023
- Norwegian Championship 2023 · 5 May 2023 — 8 personal bests set
- Norwegian FMC Championship 2023 · 29 Apr 2023
- Flatåsen Open 2023 · 24 Feb 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Now We're Even Trondheim 2022 · 12 Nov 2022
- That's Odd Trondheim 2022 · 4 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Kjeller Open 2022 · 14 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2022 · 22 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.
- Jacob Oliver Bruun — met in 275 rounds, finished ahead 71 times
- Einar Martin Sandvik — met in 248 rounds, finished ahead 191 times
- Julian Giæver-Engesmo — met in 242 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.