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Thien-Y Le

3×3 · top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023LETH02

Thien-Y Le has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.98, set at Kjeller Open 2024, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 83rd in Norway. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since November 2023, he has put 357 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.83 in November 2023 to 8.98, a 30% improvement. He has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.98
signature single · Kjeller Open 2024
357
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
3×38.9812.27
top 4.8%83 / 1,609
2×22.124.07
top 5.6%84 / 1,202
Skewb6.429.23
top 29.1%175 / 531
3×3 one-handed23.3425.80
top 29.7%141 / 513
Pyraminx7.5714.02
top 32.6%316 / 865
4×41:21.42
early days — 3 solves320 / 590

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

Kjeller Open 2023: 12.83Julekubing 2023: 11.87Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2024: 11.27Hauketo Hurtigkubing 2024: 11.55Romerike Easter Open 2024: 10.91Kjeller Open 2024: 8.98Julekubing 2024: 11.86Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2025: 10.99Kjeller Open 2025: 9.05Julemarkedkubing 2025: 10.23Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2026: 9.548.9812.8317 Nov 202321 Feb 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.