People · Vietnam
Trần Ngọc Sơn
3×3 · top 2.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018SONT01
Trần Ngọc Sơn has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.48, set at Aeon Mall Long Bien 2024, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 103rd in Vietnam. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2018, he has put 414 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.88 in August 2018 to 7.48, a 24% improvement. He has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 7.48 | 8.88 | top 2.0% | 103 / 2,920 | |
| Skewb | 2.45 | 4.37 | top 2.7% | 18 / 534 | |
| 2×2 | 1.68 | 2.19 | top 3.0% | 51 / 1,718 | |
| 4×4 | 31.58 | 38.40 | top 3.9% | 68 / 1,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.12 | 15.34 | top 4.6% | 73 / 945 | |
| Square-1 | 12.28 | 15.99 | top 10.5% | 22 / 163 | |
| 6×6 | 2:08.63 | 2:26.54 | top 14.9% | 40 / 180 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.16 | 1:22.35 | top 15.6% | 101 / 542 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.72 | 7.25 | top 18.0% | 145 / 752 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:28.78 | 1:59.18 | top 22.6% | 26 / 101 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.60 | 1:33.56 | top 26.0% | 89 / 253 | |
| 7×7 | 3:51.64 | 4:02.91 | top 27.7% | 58 / 140 | |
| Clock | 13.57 | 15.19 | top 42.1% | 105 / 204 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 43 / 73 |
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
- 19 Jul 2024Five personal bests in one day at Vietnam Championship 2024.
- 22 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Hanoi Summer 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Hanoi Super Brain Zyo 2023.
- 18 Sep 2022Four personal bests in one day at Hanoi Open 2022.
- 16 Jul 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Ha Noi Summer 2022.
- 5 Aug 2018First competition: Ha Noi Open 2018. A 10.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vietnam Championship 2024 · 19 Jul 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Aeon Mall Long Bien 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hanoi Summer 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Hanoi Super Brain Zyo 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Hanoi Open 2022 · 18 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Ha Noi Summer 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Ha Noi Cube Day 2020 · 5 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Ha Noi Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Mai Đức Hòa — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
- Nguyễn Thành Đạt — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Phạm Đức Phước — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.48 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.