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Donguk Kim (김동욱)

3×3 · top 12.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2012 · 2012KIMD06

Donguk Kim (김동욱) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.61, set at Cubing SimCheong Open 2022, puts him in the top 12.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 702nd in Republic of Korea. Across 30 competitions since December 2012, he has put 484 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.27 in January 2014 to 11.61, a 33% improvement. Donguk has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.5% of 284,439 all-time
11.61
signature single · Cubing SimCheong Open 2022
484
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
3×311.6113.90
top 12.5%702 / 4,352
2×23.064.52
top 14.9%444 / 2,319
4×445.1451.54
top 18.5%338 / 1,308
3×3 one-handed21.5527.91
top 24.7%330 / 966
Pyraminx6.949.54
top 27.4%414 / 1,271
5×51:43.791:50.40
top 38.2%329 / 716
Square-132.0533.73
top 53.3%227 / 371
Megaminx2:28.002:58.66
top 60.2%358 / 524
7×76:11.518:24.21
top 70.4%200 / 254
3×3 Fewest Moves48 moves—
early days — 1 solve142 / 173
Skewb13.8939.80
top 74.3%675 / 854
6×64:57.565:09.03
top 81.1%281 / 329
Clock27.6438.98
top 81.2%477 / 536

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

Korea New Year 2014: 17.27Valentine in Daegu 2016: 13.41Korean Championship 2016: 12.62Busan Winter 2016: 12.93Korean CWR Style 2017: 13.09Busan Winter 2018: 13.38Seoul Winter 2019: 14.94Cubing Operating System Summer 2019: 16.32Cube Camp in Wonju 2019: 12.89Korean Championship 2019: 14.49Cubing SimCheong Open 2022: 11.61KAIST Fall 2022: 11.86Singapore Championship 2023: 13.83Daegu Hot Spring 2023: 12.60Seoul Spring 2023: 11.82Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 14.80Seoul Open 2024: 12.41Korea Qualifier - Seoul C 2024: 14.32Korean Championship 2024: 13.43Seoul Winter 2024: 14.27Anyang Haseyo 2025: 11.89Korea Newcomers PM 2025: 12.05Suwon Summer 2025: 13.34Seoul Summer 2026: 13.8111.6117.2712 Jan 201419 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.