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HaJin Kim (김하진)

3×3 · top 8.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020KIMH02

HaJin Kim (김하진) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.33, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 482nd in Republic of Korea. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since February 2020, he has put 94 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.58 in February 2020 to 10.33, a 60% improvement. HaJin has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.4% of 284,439 all-time
10.33
signature single · Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023
94
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
3×310.3312.47
top 8.4%482 / 4,352
2×22.664.72
top 10.5%310 / 2,319
4×441.5349.68
top 13.9%265 / 1,308
Pyraminx7.169.03
top 29.2%438 / 1,271
Skewb8.1410.29
top 42.4%422 / 854
3×3 one-handed43.0846.44
top 69.4%769 / 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

ByeolLae Open 2020: 25.58Seoul Summer 2022: 17.27Korean Championship 2022: 13.98Seoul Spring 2023: 13.08Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 10.33Seoul Open 2024: 10.7310.3325.581 Feb 20206 Jan 2024

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 0.33 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.