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Han Joong Won (한중원)

2×2 · top 2.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2012 · 2012HANJ01

Han Joong Won (한중원) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.67, set at Korean Championship 2019, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 85th in Republic of Korea. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 44 competitions since October 2012, he has put 962 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.06 in October 2012 to 8.85, a 45% improvement. Han has entered 44 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.9% of 189,179 all-time
1.67
signature single · Korean Championship 2019
962
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
2×21.673.48
top 2.9%85 / 2,334
4×432.2140.00
top 4.4%89 / 1,316
3×38.8510.44
top 4.6%278 / 4,390
3×3 one-handed15.9519.71
top 10.2%152 / 981
5×51:18.361:27.96
top 18.0%184 / 725
Pyraminx7.068.95
top 28.4%436 / 1,294
Megaminx1:32.521:40.76
top 29.9%193 / 526
6×62:47.142:55.15
top 34.6%156 / 335
7×74:11.114:30.18
top 34.7%120 / 256
Clock13.2414.50
top 40.7%274 / 541
Skewb11.5912.56
top 64.0%596 / 874
Square-143.181:03.16
top 69.0%292 / 383

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

Asian Championship 2012: 16.06Korean Style 2013: 12.78Korean Winter 2013: 11.45Korea New Year 2014: 12.03Thanks Cubing Day 2014: 10.43Korean Christmas Cup 2014: 10.31Korea Winter 2015: 11.50Korean Championship 2016: 10.11Korean Championship 2018: 11.45Play Cube X4 2019: 11.86Korean Championship 2019: 10.75Seoul Summer 2022: 11.57Cubing SimCheong Open 2022: 11.02Daegu Hot Spring 2023: 9.05Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 10.30Suncheon Fall 2023: 10.60Korean Championship 2023: 11.66Seoul Open 2024: 10.40Daegu Cold Winter 2024: 9.60Anyang Haseyo 2024: 10.17Prime Cubing Day Seoul 2024: 9.54Ansan Summer 2024: 9.99Korean Championship 2024: 10.72Brown Fall Seongnam 2024: 9.61Hamchang Winter 2024: 10.13Happy Suseong 2025: 9.31Korea Newcomers PM 2025: 10.02Daejeon Spring 2025: 9.37Osan Summer 2025: 10.06Suwon Summer 2025: 10.14Korea Open 2025: 9.03Okcheon Autumn Breeze 2025: 9.55Uhseo Osong 2025: 11.06Seoul Winter 2026: 9.38Cube Camp in Jeju 2026: 10.40Seoul Spring 2026: 9.86Anyang Haseyo 2026: 9.44Korea Open 2026: 9.56Okay Okcheon 2026: 8.858.8516.065 Oct 201217 Oct 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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 2.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.