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Cha Jaewon (차재원)

3×3 · top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022JAEW01

Cha Jaewon (차재원) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.60, set at Seoul Open 2024, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 372nd in Republic of Korea. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since May 2022, he has put 20 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.86 in May 2022 to 9.60, a 12% improvement. Cha has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.60
signature single · Seoul Open 2024
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
3×39.6010.93
top 6.4%372 / 4,352
4×451.0656.81
top 26.0%455 / 1,308

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

Korean Spring 2022: 10.86Seoul Open 2024: 9.609.6010.8629 May 20226 Jan 2024

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 1.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.