People · Republic of Korea
Daniel Junhyuk Kim
2×2 · top 4.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023KIMD10
Daniel Junhyuk Kim has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.02, set at Korean Championship 2024, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 132nd in Republic of Korea. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2023, he has put 176 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.29 in May 2023 to 10.28, a 41% improvement. Daniel has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.02 | 3.65 | top 4.9% | 132 / 2,319 | |
| Skewb | 3.56 | 9.22 | top 8.1% | 84 / 854 | |
| 3×3 | 10.28 | 12.15 | top 8.3% | 471 / 4,352 | |
| Clock | 7.48 | 8.54 | top 12.9% | 88 / 536 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.69 | 35.39 | top 41.1% | 523 / 966 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.30 | 30.85 | top 79.1% | 1,069 / 1,271 |
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
- 2 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 11.78 at NYU Winter 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at NYU Winter 2024.
- 27 May 2023First competition: Southern Utah Summer 2023. A 17.29 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Liberty Science Center Fall B 2025 · 14 Sep 2025
- Fort Lee Summer 2025 · 2 Aug 2025
- Kisco Cubing 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Korean Championship 2024 · 15 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Newark Academy Spring 2024 · 2 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ridgefield Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- NYU Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Empire State Fall Favorites 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Southern Utah Summer 2023 · 27 May 2023
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.
- Eli Rogers — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carson Widjaja — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Evan Liu — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.