People · Norway
Victor Tran
Clock · top 2.7% of 32,048 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023TRAN31
Victor Tran has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 4.22, set at Oslo Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Norway. Until June 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since November 2023, he has put 774 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.14 in November 2023 to 9.13, a 25% improvement. Victor has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Norway | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 4.22 | 5.56 | top 2.7% | 10 / 241 | |
| 2×2 | 1.74 | 3.49 | top 3.3% | 57 / 1,202 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.23 | 6.91 | top 4.4% | 51 / 865 | |
| 3×3 | 9.13 | 10.16 | top 5.2% | 94 / 1,609 | |
| 4×4 | 37.26 | 42.68 | top 9.0% | 43 / 590 | |
| Skewb | 4.77 | 8.65 | top 16.4% | 103 / 531 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.02 | 26.75 | top 23.3% | 114 / 513 | |
| Megaminx | 1:27.58 | 1:51.80 | top 26.6% | 47 / 262 | |
| 5×5 | 1:41.83 | 1:54.29 | top 36.7% | 92 / 318 | |
| Square-1 | 31.42 | 43.64 | top 52.1% | 84 / 153 | |
| 6×6 | 4:36.17 | 4:43.09 | top 76.2% | 96 / 136 | |
| 7×7 | 6:38.63 | — | early days — 3 solves | 77 / 115 |
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
- 15 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2025.
- 14 Dec 2024Six personal bests in one day at Drammen Open 2024.
- 16 Nov 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.62 at Kjeller Open 2024.
- 16 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Kjeller Open 2024.
- 21 Jun 2024Ten personal bests in one day at Oslo Open 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Romerike Easter Open 2024.
Competitions
- Kjeller Open 2025 · 8 Nov 2025
- Norwegian Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025
- Oslo Open 2025 · 20 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Julekubing 2024 · 29 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Drammen Open 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Oslo Open 2024 · 21 Jun 2024 — 10 personal bests set
- Romerike Easter Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Hauketo Hurtigkubing 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lierskogen Vinterkubing 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Julekubing 2023 · 29 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Kjeller Open 2023 · 17 Nov 2023 — 4 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.
- Anders Barhaugen — met in 162 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Stian Nystad Østli — met in 161 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Niklas Aasen Eliasson — met in 152 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.