People · Republic of Korea
Hwang Jiyul (황지율)
3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023JIYU01
Hwang Jiyul (황지율) has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.21, set at Korean Championship 2024, puts her in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 199th in Republic of Korea. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2023, she has put 118 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 15.11 in April 2023 to 8.21, a 46% improvement. Hwang has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 8.21 | 10.74 | top 3.2% | 199 / 4,352 | |
| 4×4 | 38.80 | 46.47 | top 10.7% | 208 / 1,308 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.31 | 23.30 | top 15.9% | 228 / 966 | |
| 2×2 | 3.56 | 3.91 | top 20.9% | 624 / 2,319 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.60 | 1:44.42 | top 26.1% | 240 / 716 | |
| Skewb | 6.29 | 8.05 | top 28.0% | 281 / 854 | |
| 7×7 | 5:05.72 | 5:42.19 | early days — 3 solves | 166 / 254 | |
| 6×6 | 3:34.60 | 3:45.91 | early days — 3 solves | 221 / 329 |
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
- 3 Feb 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.22 at Daegu Cold Winter 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Daegu Cold Winter 2024.
- 29 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 10.88 at Suncheon Fall 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023First competition: Daegu Hot Spring 2023. A 15.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Happy Suseong 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Korean Championship 2024 · 15 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Daegu Cold Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Seoul Open 2024 · 6 Jan 2024
- Suncheon Fall 2023 · 29 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Daegu Hot Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
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 her.
- Minseo Gu (구민서) — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- DongSoo Park (박동수) — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ko Youngjin (고영진) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.80 away.
Targets move as she improves.