People · Republic of Korea
HoJin Lee (이호진)
3×3 · top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024LEEH09
HoJin Lee (이호진) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.74, set at Seoul Winter 2026, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 252nd in Republic of Korea. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2024, he has put 138 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.02 in July 2024 to 8.74, a 54% improvement. HoJin has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.74 | 11.64 | top 4.3% | 252 / 4,352 | |
| Megaminx | 53.38 | 1:13.70 | top 6.7% | 51 / 524 | |
| 4×4 | 39.82 | 41.15 | top 11.9% | 233 / 1,308 | |
| Skewb | 4.21 | 7.11 | top 12.4% | 129 / 854 | |
| Clock | 8.10 | 9.54 | top 15.7% | 110 / 536 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.32 | 1:29.06 | top 19.4% | 190 / 716 | |
| 2×2 | 3.45 | 3.81 | top 19.6% | 586 / 2,319 | |
| Square-1 | 21.42 | 33.77 | top 31.1% | 141 / 371 | |
| 6×6 | 2:58.63 | 3:11.11 | top 40.4% | 170 / 329 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:42.42 | — | early days — 3 solves | 114 / 217 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.55 | 14.29 | top 57.2% | 807 / 1,271 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | 46.00 | top 59.0% | 117 / 173 |
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
- 19 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Seoul Summer 2026.
- 17 Jan 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.74 at Seoul Winter 2026.
- 14 Dec 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.25 at Seoul Winter 2024.
- 20 Jul 2024First competition: Ansan Summer 2024. A 19.02 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Seoul Summer 2026 · 19 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Seoul Winter 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Korean FMC Championship 2025 · 13 Dec 2025
- Korea Open 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Suwon Summer 2025 · 13 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Please Big Cubes Korea 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Anyang Haseyo 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Seoul Winter 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ansan Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024
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.
- Choi Goho (최고호) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Ko Youngjin (고영진) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Minjun Kim (김민준) — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 3.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.