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Tien Tran

3×3 blindfolded · top 0.38% of 12,178 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018TRAN09

Tien Tran has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 15.98, set at Marietta Monday Mini III 2026, puts him in the top 0.38% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in the United States. Until August 2019, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since July 2018, he has put 543 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.62 in July 2018 to 7.45, a 36% improvement. Tien has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 0.38% of 12,178 all-time
15.98
signature single · Marietta Monday Mini III 2026
543
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×3 blindfolded15.9821.58
top 0.38%13 / 2,092
3×3 one-handed10.2712.16
top 1.2%194 / 15,683
3×37.458.93
top 1.9%1,140 / 59,724
Megaminx42.4747.76
top 2.3%168 / 7,841
3×3 Multi-Blind18 of 18 cubes · 52:52—
top 5.9%44 / 731
2×22.223.36
top 6.4%2,535 / 40,951
4×437.0838.93
top 8.8%1,315 / 19,072
Pyraminx4.538.15
top 10.4%2,716 / 28,708
5×51:08.391:14.71
top 10.5%823 / 9,401
4×4 blindfolded3:35.627:33.11
top 11.5%49 / 440
7×73:19.883:28.85
top 16.2%453 / 3,184
Clock9.1910.03
top 21.0%1,621 / 8,927
6×62:23.232:31.81
top 22.1%786 / 4,196
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves36.33
top 23.4%507 / 2,040
Skewb6.769.92
top 31.8%5,273 / 18,907
Square-122.1624.24
top 32.8%2,122 / 6,743
5×5 blindfolded12:58.0016:44.00
top 32.9%65 / 218

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

GA Cubers Summer Blast 2018: 11.62Kendeda Kubing B 2023: 9.17Cuber Jackets Fall 2023: 9.56Vietnam Championship 2024: 7.91GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2024: 8.85Cubing on the Plains at Auburn 2025: 8.82Atlanta Algs at AIS 2025: 8.14Middle Georgia Big Cube Showdown 2025: 9.00Middle Georgia Mega Mania 2025: 8.43Georgia Championship 2026: 9.05Solving in Savannah 2026: 9.29Marietta Monday Mini III 2026: 8.06Georgia Tech Tuesday Tiny I 2026: 7.457.4511.6214 Jul 201814 Apr 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.

  • Clay Moore — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 80 times
  • Daniel Mullen — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
  • Katie Hull — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 25 times

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 blindfolded single — 19 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.