People · Vietnam
Tran Trung Kien
3×3 · top 33.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018KIEN04
Tran Trung Kien has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.80, set at Vietnam Championship 2023, puts him in the top 33.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,800th in Vietnam. Across 4 competitions since July 2018, he has put 50 official solves on the record across eight events. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.75 in July 2018 to 17.80, a 53% improvement. Tran 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 | 17.80 | 20.01 | top 33.5% | 1,800 / 2,913 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 39.35 | 43.71 | top 64.4% | 788 / 943 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.82 | 19.63 | top 66.1% | 584 / 750 | |
| Skewb | 12.35 | 13.64 | top 67.7% | 394 / 533 | |
| 2×2 | 9.21 | 17.50 | top 74.5% | 1,575 / 1,714 | |
| Clock | 25.59 | 41.81 | top 77.8% | 170 / 201 | |
| Megaminx | 3:34.35 | — | early days — 2 solves | 236 / 249 | |
| 4×4 | 2:46.96 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,043 / 1,065 |
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
- 14 Jul 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.80 at Vietnam Championship 2023.
- 17 Jul 2022First sub-30 3×3: 20.64 at Ho Chi Minh City Warm Up 2022.
- 14 Jul 2018First competition: Ho Chi Minh Open 2018. A 37.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- cubingHCM 3x3 Winter 2024 · 15 Dec 2024
- Vietnam Championship 2023 · 14 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ho Chi Minh City Warm Up 2022 · 17 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Ho Chi Minh Open 2018 · 14 Jul 2018
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.
- Nguyễn Tuấn Công — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
- Lê Hà Phong — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
- Huỳnh Bá Tùng — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.80 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 9.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.