People · Republic of Korea
Hae Kang Lim (임해강)
2×2 · top 2.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025LIMH01
Hae Kang Lim (임해강) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.53, set at Korea Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 66th in Republic of Korea. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since January 2025, he has put 59 official solves on the record across seven events. Hae has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Republic of Korea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.53 | 3.63 | top 2.3% | 66 / 2,319 | |
| 3×3 | 10.04 | 13.01 | top 7.6% | 432 / 4,352 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.76 | 6.06 | top 11.7% | 185 / 1,271 | |
| Skewb | 5.33 | 9.29 | top 20.7% | 210 / 854 | |
| Megaminx | 1:30.61 | 1:36.55 | top 28.6% | 186 / 524 | |
| 4×4 | 58.00 | 1:00.97 | top 34.3% | 602 / 1,308 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.15 | 28.50 | top 34.6% | 439 / 966 |
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
- 18 Jan 2025First competition: Happy Suseong 2025. A 10.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- We Laugh Pohanghang 2025 · 14 Sep 2025
- Korea Open 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Happy Suseong 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
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.
- Kim Eden (김이든) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Moon Joonwoo (문준우) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ko Youngjin (고영진) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.