People · United States
Tu Nguyen
4×4 · top 7.3% of 83,917 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024NGUY02
Tu Nguyen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 35.63, set at UCSD Winter 2024, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,118th in the United States. Until July 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2024, he has put 199 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Tu 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 35.63 | 41.82 | top 7.3% | 1,118 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.97 | 6.89 | top 7.5% | 1,914 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.39 | 3.66 | top 7.9% | 3,103 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.30 | 11.34 | top 8.4% | 4,597 / 59,724 | |
| 5×5 | 1:07.04 | 1:14.32 | top 9.7% | 758 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 3.86 | 6.87 | top 10.0% | 1,524 / 18,907 | |
| 6×6 | 1:57.68 | 2:07.15 | top 10.1% | 356 / 4,196 | |
| Megaminx | 1:04.70 | 1:06.65 | top 12.5% | 852 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.68 | 20.98 | top 14.3% | 1,854 / 15,683 | |
| 7×7 | 3:21.52 | 3:31.33 | top 16.8% | 472 / 3,184 | |
| Square-1 | 16.25 | 20.09 | top 19.2% | 1,301 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 21.55 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,945 / 8,927 |
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
- 9 Jan 2026Six personal bests in one day at Super Duper San Diego 2026.
- 28 Sep 2024Five personal bests in one day at Super Duper San Diego 2024.
- 7 Jan 2024First competition: UCSD Winter 2024. A 12.38 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Super Duper San Diego 2026 · 9 Jan 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- UCSD Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Super Duper San Diego 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2024 · 7 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Joel Kim — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Emil Lazaryev — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Shane Grogan — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.63 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.