People · Republic of Korea
Chanyoung Kim
3×3 · top 9.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017KIMC01
Chanyoung Kim has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.61, set at Ohio State Summer 2025, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 530th in Republic of Korea. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2017, he has put 81 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.42 in April 2017 to 10.61, a 61% improvement. Chanyoung has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.61 | 13.59 | top 9.3% | 530 / 4,352 | |
| 2×2 | 3.03 | 8.70 | top 14.6% | 434 / 2,319 |
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
- 3 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.94 at Fort Wayne Favorites 2023.
- 16 Nov 2019First sub-20 3×3: 17.56 at Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2019.
- 8 Apr 2017First competition: Shaker Spring 2017. A 27.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Michigan Mini 33 2025 · 24 Jul 2025
- Ohio State Summer 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Fort Wayne Favorites 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2019 · 16 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Battle for Toledo 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018 · 18 May 2018
- Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2018 · 3 Mar 2018
- Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2017 · 14 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Shaker Spring 2017 · 8 Apr 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.
- Ian Lee — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuxuan Chen — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Steven Wintringham — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.