People · United States
Thien Phan
3×3 · top 9.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023PHAN10
Thien Phan has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.80, set at Bring the Heat AZ 2024, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,360th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2023, he has put 267 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.46 in August 2023 to 10.80, a 56% improvement. Thien has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 10.80 | 15.77 | top 9.9% | 5,360 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 7.12 | 7.65 | top 11.4% | 873 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 3.11 | 4.65 | top 15.5% | 6,071 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.79 | 9.00 | top 18.4% | 4,903 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.68 | 32.03 | top 43.6% | 5,878 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.58 | 1:18.59 | top 45.5% | 7,561 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 8.88 | 12.85 | top 47.6% | 8,447 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:06.66 | 2:19.82 | top 49.4% | 3,675 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 3:02.37 | — | early days — 3 solves | 7,143 / 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
- 15 Jun 2024Five personal bests in one day at Bring the Heat AZ 2024.
- 18 May 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Arizona Championship 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.11 at Prescott Cubing Winter 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Prescott Cubing Winter 2024.
- 18 Nov 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.78 at Sonoran Side Events 2023.
- 20 Aug 2023First competition: Bring the Heat AZ 2023. A 24.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Arizona Championship 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Lopes Up AZ 2025 · 15 Feb 2025
- Prescott Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Arizona Mini 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bring the Heat AZ 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Arizona Championship 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Prescott Cubing Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Sonoran Side Events 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bring the Heat AZ 2023 · 20 Aug 2023
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.
- Mia Sponseller — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Jeremy Bulambot — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- TJ Hayward — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.