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Trần Hưng Nghiêm

Pyraminx · top 7.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2012 · 2012NGHI01

Trần Hưng Nghiêm has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.97, set at Ho Chi Minh Open 2013, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 68th in Vietnam. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since July 2012, he has put 138 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.77 in July 2012 to 10.57, a 41% improvement. He has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 7.5% of 129,321 all-time
3.97
signature single · Ho Chi Minh Open 2013
138
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingVietnam
Pyraminx3.975.22
top 7.5%68 / 750
3×310.5712.73
top 9.2%569 / 2,913
2×22.793.65
top 11.9%235 / 1,714
Megaminx2:23.18
early days — 3 solves177 / 249
3×3 one-handed48.8457.80
top 75.7%861 / 943

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 Open 2012: 17.77Ho Chi Minh Open 2013: 14.00Ho Chi Minh Cubic 2014: 10.78Ho Chi Minh Open 2014: 10.57Ho Chi Minh Open 2015: 12.92HCMC Spring Open 2016: 11.53Ho Chi Minh Open 2018: 11.3310.5717.7729 Jul 201214 Jul 2018

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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.