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People · Republic of Korea

Dae Jeong Kim (김대정)

3×3 blindfolded · top 1.8% of 12,178 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019KIMD11

Dae Jeong Kim (김대정) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 21.59, set at Korean Championship 2022, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Republic of Korea. Until November 2014, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since December 2019, he has put 47 official solves on the record across eight events. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.33 in December 2019 to 9.21, an 11% improvement. Dae has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 1.8% of 12,178 all-time
21.59
signature single · Korean Championship 2022
47
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
3×3 blindfolded21.59
top 1.8%6 / 217
4×4 blindfolded2:07.78
early days — 1 solve3 / 48
3×39.2110.90
top 5.4%319 / 4,352
5×5 blindfolded6:14.88
early days — 2 solves4 / 33
5×51:11.221:20.99
top 12.5%129 / 716
4×443.2345.87
top 16.1%306 / 1,308
7×73:35.373:55.73
early days — 3 solves79 / 254
3×3 Multi-Blind17 of 27 cubes · 58:46
early days — 1 solve25 / 74

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

Cubing Korea 2019: 10.33Korean Spring 2022: 9.219.2110.3328 Dec 201929 May 2022

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-20 3×3 blindfolded single — 166 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
  • A sub-2:00 4×4 blindfolded single — 56 people have one; it is 7.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.