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DaYeong Kim (김다영)

3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016KIMD05

DaYeong Kim (김다영) has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.80, set at Hawaiian Island Tour - Waimea 2025, puts her in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 263rd in Republic of Korea. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 120 competitions since May 2016, she has put 3,210 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 17.69 in May 2016 to 8.80, a 50% improvement. DaYeong has entered 120 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time
8.80
signature single · Hawaiian Island Tour - Waimea 2025
3,210
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
3×38.8010.51
top 4.4%263 / 4,352
Pyraminx3.456.32
top 5.3%90 / 1,271
Megaminx52.6159.71
top 6.3%48 / 524
2×22.554.17
top 9.4%275 / 2,319
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves36.00
top 14.8%29 / 173
3×3 one-handed18.2821.83
top 15.8%226 / 966
4×443.5549.48
top 16.5%310 / 1,308
Clock8.9910.55
top 19.9%140 / 536
5×51:21.961:32.28
top 20.6%196 / 716
Skewb5.479.09
top 21.7%220 / 854
Square-120.0328.08
top 28.1%131 / 371
3×3 blindfolded2:05.002:59.19
top 35.0%86 / 217
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 24:47—
top 54.9%45 / 74
6×63:38.574:02.75
top 58.1%224 / 329
7×76:13.606:33.45
top 70.8%202 / 254

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

Cube Is Good 2016: 17.69Korean Spring Picnic 2017: 16.49Korean Championship 2017: 18.07CWR Fall 2017: 16.48Cubedu Korea 2018: 16.34CWR Winter 2018: 16.30Play Cube 2018: 13.56Korean Championship 2018: 15.85Busan Winter 2018: 16.55Korea Winter 2019: 13.81Seoul Winter 2019: 12.86Cutory Blossom 2019: 15.91Play Cube X4 2019: 14.26Cubing Operating System Summer 2019: 13.96Warm Up Sydney 2019: 13.83WCA World Championship 2019: 14.68Daegu Autumn Open 2019: 13.56Taiwan Championship 2019: 12.62Cubing Korea 2019: 12.38ByeolLae Open 2020: 13.82Korean Championship Mini 2021: 14.37Korean Spring 2022: 12.83Seoul Summer 2022: 11.47Korean Championship 2022: 11.97Daegu Hot Autumn 2022: 12.29Cubing SimCheong Open 2022: 11.32KAIST Fall 2022: 11.97Taiwan Championship 2022: 12.50Singapore Championship 2023: 12.60Daegu Hot Spring 2023: 12.20Seoul Spring 2023: 11.64Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 11.55Visayas Championship 2023: 10.95Suncheon Fall 2023: 11.98Hamchang Open 2023: 10.60Taiwan Championship 2023: 11.28Korean Championship 2023: 10.32Seoul Open 2024: 10.30Busan Spring 2024: 12.05Kanazawa 2024: 10.89Prime Cubing Day Seoul 2024: 11.52Korea Qualifier - Daegu C 2024: 11.28Korea Qualifier - Seoul A 2024: 11.41Katano Milky Way 2024: 12.32Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 12.01BC Championship 2024: 11.58Ottawa Favourites 2024: 11.83Championnat Québécois 2024: 12.49Vancouver Southlands Sprint 2024: 11.10Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 11.57Cool Down Singapore 2024: 10.97Taiwan Championship 2024: 10.74Seoul Winter 2024: 9.58Maple Ridge Favourites 2025: 10.92Berkeley January Weekday Tricubealon 2025: 12.18DeNxNver 2025: 11.22Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2025: 11.46Maritimes 2025: 10.99Saskatchewan Newcomers 2025: 12.10Moncton 2025: 10.29Aldergrove Clock Fest 2025: 10.24Vegas Cubing Cup Spring 2025: 11.43Penticton Lakeside 2025: 11.05Warm Up Vancouver 2025: 10.98Warm Up Seattle 2025: 10.77Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.59Hawaiian Island Tour - Kona 2025: 10.80Hawaiian Island Tour - Waimea 2025: 8.80Hawaiian Island Tour - Hilo 2025: 11.96Hawaiian Island Tour - Kāhala Open 2025: 11.83Hawaiian Island Tour - Honolulu 2025: 11.20Championnat Canadien 2025: 9.73Burnaby Summer 2025: 10.27West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025: 12.32Richmond Fall 2025: 11.61What Are the Odds Coquitlam 2025: 10.39Taiwan Championship 2025: 10.59Victoria Winter 2026: 11.47Burnaby Winter 2026: 11.08Guam Open 2026: 11.40Seoul Spring 2026: 9.59Richmond Spring 2026: 10.75Winnipeg Spring 2026: 10.99Victoria Dockyard Sprint 2026: 11.49Burnaby Cubes Big & Small 2026: 11.46Yukon Solve It Whitehorse 2026: 11.44Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 11.57Chill Cubing in Chilliwack 2026: 11.61BC Championship 2026: 11.668.8018.0722 May 20167 Aug 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as she improves.