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Vinh Vu

3×3 · top 0.32% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023VUVI01

Vinh Vu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.68, set at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.32% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 214th in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since August 2023, he has put 574 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.32 in August 2023 to 5.68, a 63% improvement. Vinh has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.32% of 284,439 all-time
5.68
signature single · Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026
574
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×35.687.12
top 0.32%214 / 59,724
2×21.873.16
top 4.0%1,565 / 40,951
5×558.451:10.44
top 4.8%392 / 9,401
4×436.6938.73
top 8.4%1,260 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed18.4719.54
top 16.3%2,112 / 15,683
6×62:33.612:55.10
top 27.4%968 / 4,196
Megaminx1:42.451:51.41
top 36.1%2,577 / 7,841
7×75:02.535:40.01
top 51.4%1,494 / 3,184
Pyraminx9.8111.86
top 51.5%14,981 / 28,708
Skewb11.3614.51
top 62.8%11,630 / 18,907
Square-145.86—
early days — 2 solves4,735 / 6,743

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

Berkeley Summer 2023: 15.32Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023: 11.85UCSD Extravaganza 2023: 12.34Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 10.34Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023: 9.72Berkeley Fall 2023: 12.90Utah Snowball Bash 2023: 11.06SacCubing XVI 2024: 7.50Berkeley Winter 2024: 10.03Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024: 9.16Berkeley Spring 2024: 8.46Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024: 7.96Bay Area Speedcubin' 62 LIVE - SSF 2024: 8.67Berkeley Summer 2024: 8.11Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 9.16Bay Area Speedcubin' 65 - Berkeley 2024: 7.88Berkeley Fall 2024: 8.67Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024: 8.96Bay Area Speedcubin' 67 - San Ramon 2025: 8.47Berkeley Winter 2025: 9.49Berkeley Favorites 2026: 8.40Berkeley Spring 2026: 6.83Alameda County Fair 2026: 6.61Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 5.685.6815.3226 Aug 20232 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.