People · United States
Vinson Nguyen
3×3 · top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017NGUY27
Vinson Nguyen has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.58, set at West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,491st in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2017, he has put 66 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.44 in August 2017 to 9.58, a 29% improvement. Vinson has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.58 | 12.86 | top 6.3% | 3,491 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 45.97 | 59.98 | top 19.5% | 2,967 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.98 | 28.43 | top 28.7% | 3,708 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 4.28 | 6.07 | top 30.1% | 11,952 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 21.58 | 50.13 | top 31.5% | 2,036 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 11 Jul 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.58 at West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018.
- 19 Aug 2017First competition: Nisei Week 2017. A 13.44 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nisei Week 2018 · 18 Aug 2018
- West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018 · 11 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- TF3I San Diego 2017 · 5 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Newport Fall 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Nisei Week 2017 · 19 Aug 2017
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.
- Gary Song — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Michael Young — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sean Saito — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 5.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.