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Geunyeong Lee (이근영)

3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023LEEG03

Geunyeong Lee (이근영) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.94, set at Anyang Haseyo 2026, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 75th in Republic of Korea. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since March 2023, he has put 1,184 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.95 in April 2023 to 6.94, a 65% improvement. Geunyeong has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time
6.94
signature single · Anyang Haseyo 2026
1,184
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
3×36.948.23
top 1.3%75 / 4,352
4×430.5035.39
top 3.1%66 / 1,308
Pyraminx3.265.19
top 4.5%77 / 1,271
2×22.162.69
top 5.9%165 / 2,319
5×51:02.451:21.35
top 6.9%74 / 716
Skewb4.015.98
top 11.0%116 / 854
3×3 one-handed17.4420.01
top 13.7%195 / 966
Clock7.879.19
top 14.6%101 / 536
Megaminx1:12.921:22.10
top 17.4%122 / 524
6×62:35.112:39.23
top 28.3%128 / 329
Square-121.1431.32
top 30.5%140 / 371
7×74:09.414:27.45
top 34.1%117 / 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

Daegu Hot Spring 2023: 19.95Seoul Spring 2023: 16.83Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 10.59Hamchang Open 2023: 10.50Korean Championship 2023: 9.44Seoul Open 2024: 9.51Daegu Cold Winter 2024: 9.10Anyang Haseyo 2024: 8.18Busan Spring 2024: 9.57Prime Cubing Day Seoul 2024: 8.79Korea Qualifier - Seoul A 2024: 9.33Ansan Summer 2024: 8.96Korean Championship 2024: 7.91Brown Fall Seongnam 2024: 8.08Hamchang Winter 2024: 8.31Seoul Winter 2024: 8.38Happy Suseong 2025: 9.56Anyang Haseyo 2025: 7.86Korea Newcomers AM 2025: 7.38Osan Summer 2025: 7.80Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.09Korea Open 2025: 8.06Okcheon Autumn Breeze 2025: 7.09Uhseo Osong 2025: 7.86Korean Championship 2025: 8.03Seoul Winter 2026: 7.75Ansan Favorites 2026: 7.72Cube Camp in Jeju 2026: 8.04Seoul Spring 2026: 7.12Anyang Haseyo 2026: 6.94Uhseo Osong 2026: 8.32Seoul Summer 2026: 8.61Korea Open 2026: 7.636.9419.9515 Apr 202315 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.