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Tran Ngo Phat Dat

3×3 · top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017DATT03

Tran Ngo Phat Dat has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.17, set at Ho Chi Minh City Warm Up 2022, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 331st in Vietnam. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since May 2017, he has put 99 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.19 in May 2017 to 9.17, a 47% improvement. Tran has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time
9.17
signature single · Ho Chi Minh City Warm Up 2022
99
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingVietnam
3×39.1710.99
top 5.3%331 / 2,913
3×3 one-handed16.6919.81
top 11.8%186 / 943
2×25.696.39
top 47.5%1,144 / 1,714
3×3 blindfolded6:40.75
early days — 1 solve94 / 100

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: 17.19Ho Chi Minh Spring Open 2018: 14.05Ho Chi Minh Open 2018: 13.35Ho Chi Minh City Open 2019: 11.00Ho Chi Minh City Warm Up 2022: 9.17Ho Chi Minh Open 2022: 9.65Vietnam Championship 2023: 10.139.1717.1928 May 201714 Jul 2023

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.