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Trần Duy Lợi

3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017LOIT01

Trần Duy Lợi has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.91, set at Arena HCMC Spring 2026, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 145th in Vietnam. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since May 2017, he has put 490 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.69 in May 2017 to 7.91, a 50% improvement. He has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time
7.91
signature single · Arena HCMC Spring 2026
490
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingVietnam
3×37.918.99
top 2.6%145 / 2,913
3×3 one-handed12.6214.72
top 3.8%58 / 943
4×431.7036.99
top 3.9%69 / 1,065
2×22.223.29
top 6.4%99 / 1,714
5×51:03.571:12.04
top 7.6%55 / 539
6×62:03.362:06.92
top 12.4%37 / 179
7×73:12.733:19.04
top 14.1%30 / 137
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves41.33
early days — 3 solves8 / 63
Megaminx1:26.591:31.06
top 25.9%86 / 249
Pyraminx10.6017.96
top 57.6%523 / 750
3×3 blindfolded4:32.92—
early days — 1 solve76 / 100
Square-151.211:04.09
top 77.2%141 / 161
Skewb18.7727.38
top 87.6%495 / 533
Clock38.5947.85
top 92.5%190 / 201

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

Ho Chi Minh Warm Up 2017: 15.69Ho Chi Minh Open 2018: 13.85HCMC Pro League 2019: 11.52Ho Chi Minh City Warm Up 2022: 8.68Ho Chi Minh Open 2022: 8.91Vietnam Championship 2023: 10.23Ho Chi Minh Spring 2024: 9.71HCMC Cubing Autumn 2024: 8.65cubingHCM 3x3 Winter 2024: 8.94HCMC VNC Warm Up 2025: 8.22Vietnam Championship 2025: 8.91Arena HCMC Spring 2026: 7.91Vietnam Championship 2026: 8.487.9115.6928 May 201714 Aug 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.