People · Canada
Thu Phuong Ngo
3×3 · top 7.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016NGOT01
Thu Phuong Ngo has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.93, set at Ottawa Summer 2024, puts her in the top 7.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 681st in Canada. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2016, she has put 142 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 16.43 in October 2016 to 9.93, a 40% improvement. Thu has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.93 | 11.33 | top 7.3% | 681 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.51 | 6.14 | top 10.3% | 373 / 4,858 | |
| 4×4 | 46.29 | 48.37 | top 19.9% | 506 / 3,118 | |
| 2×2 | 3.84 | 4.88 | top 24.4% | 1,650 / 7,173 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.82 | 1:36.14 | top 26.1% | 240 / 1,375 | |
| 5×5 | 1:44.27 | 1:54.00 | top 38.5% | 482 / 1,499 |
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
- 27 Jul 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at Ottawa Summer 2024.
- 27 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Ottawa Summer 2024.
- 4 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Ottawa Spring 2024.
- 5 Jan 2019Four personal bests in one day at UBC Open 2019.
- 6 Jan 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.67 at Vancouver Open Winter 2018.
- 15 Oct 2016First competition: Vancouver Fall 2016. A 16.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ottawa Big Cubes 2024 · 17 Nov 2024
- Ottawa Summer 2024 · 27 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Carleton Place Summer 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
- Ottawa Spring 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter A 2024 · 12 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UBC Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Fall 2016 · 15 Oct 2016
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 her.
- Breton MacDonald — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rémi Chrétien — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jonathan Proulx — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.93 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
Targets move as she improves.