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People · Republic of Korea

Hwang Won Ik (황원익)

3×3 · top 10.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016IKHW01

Hwang Won Ik (황원익) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.85, set at Play Cube 2017, puts him in the top 10.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 574th in Republic of Korea. Across 4 competitions since May 2016, he has put 55 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.57 in May 2016 to 10.85, a 35% improvement. Hwang has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.0% of 284,439 all-time
10.85
signature single · Play Cube 2017
55
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
3×310.8515.42
top 10.0%574 / 4,352
2×23.527.27
top 20.5%618 / 2,319
4×41:24.651:28.83
top 59.6%954 / 1,308
3×3 one-handed57.13
early days — 1 solve867 / 966
Skewb21.42
early days — 2 solves797 / 854
Pyraminx26.33
early days — 2 solves1,250 / 1,271

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

Cube Is Good 2016: 16.57Asian Championship 2016: 12.45Busan Winter 2016: 12.29Play Cube 2017: 10.8510.8516.5722 May 201628 May 2017

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 0.85 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.