People · Republic of Korea
HwiYoon Kim (김휘윤)
3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023KIMH06
HwiYoon Kim (김휘윤) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.60, set at Suncheon Fall 2023, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 233rd in Republic of Korea. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since September 2023, he has put 268 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. HwiYoon has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 8.60 | 10.42 | top 4.0% | 233 / 4,352 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.55 | 4.07 | top 5.7% | 99 / 1,271 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.22 | 23.96 | top 13.1% | 186 / 966 | |
| 2×2 | 2.91 | 3.47 | top 13.2% | 395 / 2,319 | |
| 4×4 | 50.30 | 57.20 | top 25.1% | 444 / 1,308 | |
| 5×5 | 1:40.54 | 1:46.66 | top 35.8% | 310 / 716 | |
| Megaminx | 1:45.88 | 1:55.27 | top 38.1% | 248 / 524 | |
| 6×6 | 3:32.85 | 3:54.42 | top 55.8% | 218 / 329 | |
| Skewb | 10.91 | 15.90 | top 60.3% | 557 / 854 | |
| 7×7 | 5:50.92 | 6:39.13 | top 65.4% | 187 / 254 |
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
- 6 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Busan Spring 2024.
- 15 Dec 2023Five personal bests in one day at Korean Championship 2023.
- 29 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.60 at Suncheon Fall 2023.
- 24 Sep 2023First competition: Ansan Autumn 2023.
Competitions
- Seoul Summer 2026 · 19 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Korean Championship 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Korea Open 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Korea Newcomers AM 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- Happy Suseong 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- Ansan Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024
- Busan Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Daegu Cold Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Korean Championship 2023 · 15 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Hamchang Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Suncheon Fall 2023 · 29 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ansan Autumn 2023 · 24 Sep 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 his.
- Ko Youngjin (고영진) — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Choi Goho (최고호) — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Geunyeong Lee (이근영) — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.