People · Republic of Korea
Chaeyoung Kim
Pyraminx · top 0.93% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021KIMC02
Chaeyoung Kim has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.87, set at Geelong Winter 2024, puts him in the top 0.93% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19th in Republic of Korea. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since December 2021, he has put 712 official solves on the record across eight 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 24.77 in December 2021 to 7.68, a 69% improvement. Chaeyoung has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Republic of Korea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.87 | 3.08 | top 0.93% | 19 / 1,271 | |
| 3×3 | 7.68 | 10.40 | top 2.2% | 132 / 4,352 | |
| 2×2 | 1.88 | 3.39 | top 4.0% | 110 / 2,319 | |
| 4×4 | 44.34 | 49.23 | top 17.4% | 321 / 1,308 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.98 | 23.27 | top 17.7% | 250 / 966 | |
| Skewb | 5.34 | 6.60 | top 20.8% | 211 / 854 | |
| Clock | 10.27 | 12.45 | top 26.5% | 174 / 536 | |
| Square-1 | 21.05 | 27.37 | top 30.3% | 139 / 371 |
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
- 30 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Geelong Winter 2025.
- 19 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2024.
- 27 Aug 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.82 at Melbourne Cubing for Kids Sunday 2023.
- 29 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Geelong Winter 2023.
- 1 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Victorian Open 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023Five personal bests in one day at Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023.
Competitions
- West Melbourne Open 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Geelong Winter 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne July 2025 · 26 Jul 2025
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024 · 6 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Geelong Winter 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kensington May Saturday 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Altona Algorithms 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cubing for Kids Sunday 2023 · 27 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Geelong Winter 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- St Oliver's Speedy Saturday 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Kensington Summer Sunday 2023 · 12 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Melbourne Mini Sunday 2022 · 6 Mar 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- December Series: Kensington 2021 · 19 Dec 2021
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.
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 133 rounds, finished ahead 76 times
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 123 rounds, finished ahead once
- Myles Jarman — met in 119 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.