People · United States
Hyeontae Kim
3×3 · top 9.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020KIMH01
Hyeontae Kim has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.78, set at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,423rd in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2020, he has put 175 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.56 in January 2020 to 10.78, a 58% improvement. Hyeontae has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.78 | 12.56 | top 9.9% | 5,423 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.97 | 4.69 | top 14.0% | 5,562 / 41,674 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.96 | 1:54.96 | top 27.4% | 2,168 / 9,537 | |
| 4×4 | 53.48 | 1:03.42 | top 29.0% | 4,572 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 7.42 | 10.07 | top 37.0% | 6,396 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.89 | 38.32 | top 44.2% | 6,050 / 15,900 |
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
- 2 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026.
- 5 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Texas Championship 2025.
- 13 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Brazos Cubing Spring 2025.
- 16 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Simple in Temple 2025.
- 22 Nov 2024First sub-20 3×3: 14.92 at Texas Championship 2024.
- 22 Nov 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.92 at Texas Championship 2024.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Texas Championship 2025 · 5 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Austin Spring Open 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Brazos Cubing Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Simple in Temple 2025 · 16 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Texas Championship 2024 · 22 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Houston Winter 2020 · 25 Jan 2020
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.
- Siddharth Reddy — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Caleb Torres — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Ryan Pilat — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.