People · Republic of Korea
Hye Rin Kim (김혜린)
3×3 · top 15.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024KIMH02
Hye Rin Kim (김혜린) has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.38, set at Seoul Winter 2026, puts her in the top 15.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 846th in Republic of Korea. Across 20 competitions since January 2024, she has put 277 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 19.80 in January 2024 to 12.38, a 37% improvement. Hye has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 12.38 | 13.68 | top 15.2% | 846 / 4,352 | |
| 4×4 | 43.40 | 50.65 | top 16.3% | 308 / 1,308 | |
| 2×2 | 3.38 | 5.46 | top 18.7% | 562 / 2,319 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.74 | 26.25 | top 28.1% | 372 / 966 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.15 | 1:43.96 | top 34.0% | 298 / 716 | |
| Clock | 11.86 | 13.07 | top 34.2% | 228 / 536 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.80 | 9.95 | top 34.5% | 518 / 1,271 | |
| Skewb | 8.06 | 9.31 | top 41.7% | 416 / 854 | |
| Square-1 | 1:01.42 | — | early days — 2 solves | 335 / 371 |
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
- 15 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Korea Open 2026.
- 15 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Korea Open 2025.
- 8 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.10 at Korea Newcomers AM 2025.
- 6 Jan 2024First competition: Seoul Open 2024. A 19.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Korea Open 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Uhseo Osong 2026 · 13 Jun 2026
- Anyang Haseyo 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Seoul Spring 2026 · 22 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ansan Favorites 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Seoul Winter 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Uhseo Osong 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Okcheon Autumn Breeze 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Korea Open 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Please Big Cubes Korea 2025 · 10 May 2025
- Korea Newcomers AM 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Anyang Haseyo 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Seoul Winter 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Brown Fall Seongnam 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Korean Championship 2024 · 15 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ansan Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Korea Qualifier - Seoul C 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Prime Cubing Day Seoul 2024 · 15 Jun 2024
- Anyang Haseyo 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Seoul Open 2024 · 6 Jan 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 her.
- Geunyeong Lee (이근영) — met in 52 rounds, never finished ahead
- Choi Goho (최고호) — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Ko Youngjin (고영진) — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 3.40 away.
Targets move as she improves.