People · Vietnam
Trần Hữu Nghĩa
3×3 · top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024NGHI01
Trần Hữu Nghĩa has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.98, set at Hanoi Summer 2025, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 463rd in Vietnam. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2024, he has put 51 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.56 in March 2024 to 9.98, a 26% improvement. He has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Vietnam | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.98 | 11.27 | top 7.4% | 463 / 2,913 | |
| 4×4 | 45.27 | 47.40 | top 18.6% | 293 / 1,065 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.39 | 30.33 | top 35.2% | 498 / 943 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:35.63 | 3:11.51 | top 45.1% | 49 / 100 | |
| 5×5 | 2:01.56 | — | early days — 2 solves | 341 / 539 |
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
- 20 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at Hanoi Summer 2025.
- 20 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Hanoi Summer 2025.
- 24 Mar 2024First competition: Hanoi Side Events 2024. A 13.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hanoi Summer 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Hanoi COP Open 2024 · 11 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Blind Till Nine in Vietnam 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hanoi Side Events 2024 · 24 Mar 2024
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.
- Nông Quốc Duy — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nông Quốc Khánh — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Đặng Hoàng Sơn — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.98 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 5.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.