People · United States
David Youn
3×3 · top 8.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024YOUN28
David Youn has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.19, set at Temecula Valley Spring 2026, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,409th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since November 2024, he has put 439 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.57 in November 2024 to 10.19, a 67% improvement. David has entered 17 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.19 | 12.78 | top 8.0% | 4,409 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.63 | 3.59 | top 10.2% | 4,015 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 4.66 | 6.85 | top 15.6% | 2,454 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.56 | 7.90 | top 16.8% | 4,461 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 51.41 | 57.81 | top 26.4% | 4,068 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 10.64 | 12.18 | top 28.3% | 2,187 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.98 | 31.67 | top 34.2% | 4,508 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:50.62 | 2:13.70 | top 43.0% | 3,520 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 1:56.33 | 2:14.78 | top 43.8% | 3,193 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 4:07.41 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,649 / 4,196 | |
| Square-1 | 54.24 | 1:09.38 | top 79.7% | 5,298 / 6,743 | |
| 7×7 | 7:55.58 | — | top 87.9% | 2,825 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 May 2026Six personal bests in one day at West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Agoura Winter 2026.
- 9 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Super Duper San Diego 2026.
- 13 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Temecula Valley Winter 2025.
- 29 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.78 at West Coast Cubing Tour: San Diego 2025.
Competitions
- Agoura Summer 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- UCSD TritoNxN 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Temecula Valley Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Simi Mini B 2026 · 8 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Agoura Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Super Duper San Diego 2026 · 9 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Temecula Valley Winter 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- UCSD Unofficial Events 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Poly Cubed at Pomona 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025 · 29 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Long Beach Fantastic Memory Challenge 2025 · 13 Jul 2025
- West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025 · 22 Jun 2025
- West Coast Cubing Tour: San Diego 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Nub Open Mission Viejo Spring 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Burbank Big Cubes 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
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.
- Dominic Shoji — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead once
- Shane Grogan — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- August Barnard — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.