People · Australia
Tri Nguyen
3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022NGUY18
Tri Nguyen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.87, set at Sydney Summer 2023, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 253rd in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2022, he has put 238 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.11 in June 2022 to 7.87, a 22% improvement. Tri has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.87 | 9.37 | top 2.6% | 253 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.19 | 3.87 | top 6.1% | 442 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.39 | 10.05 | top 15.7% | 759 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.73 | 23.80 | top 17.0% | 376 / 2,659 | |
| Skewb | 8.03 | 12.32 | top 41.5% | 1,258 / 3,534 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.66 | 1:33.12 | top 51.3% | 1,404 / 3,051 | |
| Megaminx | 3:38.49 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,169 / 1,277 |
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
- 16 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Sydney Summer 2023.
- 28 Aug 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.20 at Sydney Winter Sunday 2022.
- 28 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at Sydney Winter Sunday 2022.
- 11 Jun 2022First competition: NSW Open 2022. A 10.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing at The Cube 2024 · 6 Jan 2024
- Sydney Summer 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing at Tramsheds Saturday 2023 · 26 Aug 2023
- North Sydney Cube Day 2023 · 5 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023 · 22 Jan 2023
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Marrickville Mini Open AM 2022 · 16 Oct 2022
- Sydney Winter Sunday 2022 · 28 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- NSW Open 2022 · 11 Jun 2022
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.
- Daniel Wang — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- James Kirschner — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Bryan Eng — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.87 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.