Competitions · Vietnam

HCMC VNC Warm Up 2025

Ho Chi Minh · 12 April 2025 · 10 events · 114 competitors · 172 personal bests

Nguyễn Hoàng Thiên Phú won three of the ten events (3×3, 2×2, 5×5) and the closest final was the Skewb, won by Phạm Trương Phát by 0.03 seconds. 114 competitors produced 172 personal bests, 89 of which still stand today, and 22 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Đặng Trần Diễn took a 3×3 blindfolded single of 4:19.84 down to 1:11.16, 73 percent better in one day.

Three wins

Nguyễn Hoàng Thiên Phú — 3×3, 2×2, 5×5

0.03s

closest final — Skewb, Phạm Trương Phát over Nguyễn Thị Kim Nhã

172

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Nguyễn Hoàng Thiên Phú	4.88	6.78
2×2	Nguyễn Hoàng Thiên Phú	1.92	2.39
4×4	Trần Quốc Huy	25.40	27.52
5×5	Nguyễn Hoàng Thiên Phú	43.73	51.62
3×3 blindfolded	Nguyễn Đặng Minh Thọ	58.66	—
3×3 one-handed	Phạm Đăng Khoa	10.04	10.99
Clock	Phạm An Bình	5.40	6.16
Megaminx	Lưu Trần Khiết Quân	36.89	40.57
Pyraminx	Nguyễn Đặng Minh Thọ	1.94	3.08
Skewb	Phạm Trương Phát	4.64	4.94

The PB harvest

172 set · 89 still standing

Nguyễn Hoàng Thiên Phú — 3×3 single 4.88: into the top 0.097% of the event's history.
Phạm Nguyễn Hoàng Duy — 3×3 one-handed single 9.50: into the top 0.75% of the event's history.
Lưu Trần Khiết Quân — 3×3 single 6.63: into the top 0.96% of the event's history.
Nguyễn Hoàng Ân — 3×3 single 6.95: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Nguyễn Duy Sơn — 2×2 single 1.55: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Tạ Quang Dũng — 3×3 single 8.15: into the top 3.1% of the event's history.
Bùi Phạm Nam Phong — 3×3 single 8.33: into the top 3.4% of the event's history.
Le Van Bao Toan — 3×3 single 8.61: into the top 4.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

22 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

114 competitors · 637 results · 10 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Nguyễn Hoàng Thiên Phú won it with a 6.78 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1U' L' U' B' L F' D' F D' R B' F2 U' F2 U' B2 U' R2 B2
2U R2 B' R2 U2 B L' F2 D2 B' R2 L2 B2 U2 F' L B2 U' B2
3R2 U B U2 L' B2 L D2 R' U2 L2 U L2 D L' B2 U2 F2 U2
4B' L' D2 R D2 R2 D' L D2 B F2 R B2 R' U2 F2 L' B'
5L' U2 R' F2 U F2 D B2 R2 B2 F2 U2 F' U2 L B R' F' L F2

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

114 competitors

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 final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.