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David Lee (이지현)

3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024LEED11

David Lee (이지현) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.62, set at Honolulu Hoʻoilo 2025, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,251st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since August 2024, he has put 271 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.03 in August 2024 to 8.62, a 22% improvement. David has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time
8.62
signature single · Honolulu Hoʻoilo 2025
271
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.6210.63
top 4.0%2,251 / 59,724
4×434.9538.31
top 6.6%1,032 / 19,072
2×22.434.11
top 8.2%3,242 / 40,951
5×51:09.001:20.85
top 10.9%849 / 9,401
6×62:28.612:48.89
top 24.9%891 / 4,196
7×74:23.864:43.45
early days — 3 solves1,099 / 3,184

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

Kailua Liʻi Pōʻakolu 2024: 11.03Honolulu Hāʻulelau 2024: 9.08Honolulu Hoʻoilo 2025: 8.62Korea Newcomers AM 2025: 10.88Kailua Kupulau 2025: 9.19Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.39Hawaiian Island Tour - Kāhala Open 2025: 9.85Hawaiian Island Tour - Honolulu 2025: 9.56ʻAiea Liʻi ʻOkakopa 2025: 9.06Honolulu Hoʻoilo 2026: 9.81Hawaii Championship 2026: 8.788.6211.0314 Aug 202424 Jul 2026

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 0.62 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 4.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.