People · Republic of Korea
Hyungjun Hwang (황형준)
4×4 · top 1.2% of 83,917 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023HWAN10
Hyungjun Hwang (황형준) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 26.56, set at Seoul Winter 2026, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30th in Republic of Korea. Until February 2013, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since December 2023, he has put 439 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.72 in December 2023 to 7.78, a 53% improvement. Hyungjun 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 26.56 | 30.96 | top 1.2% | 30 / 1,308 | |
| 3×3 | 7.78 | 8.79 | top 2.4% | 148 / 4,352 | |
| 5×5 | 52.68 | 58.44 | top 2.6% | 33 / 716 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.94 | 19.43 | top 10.1% | 150 / 966 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.05 | 6.02 | top 13.5% | 203 / 1,271 | |
| 2×2 | 3.58 | 5.37 | top 21.2% | 636 / 2,319 | |
| Megaminx | 1:21.79 | 1:26.40 | top 23.0% | 155 / 524 |
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 2025Four personal bests in one day at Korea Open 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Happy Suseong 2025.
- 15 Aug 2024Six personal bests in one day at Korean Championship 2024.
- 22 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.16 at Korea Qualifier - Seoul B 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.76 at Seoul Open 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Seoul Open 2024.
Competitions
- Korea Open 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Seoul Summer 2026 · 19 Jul 2026
- Anyang Haseyo 2026 · 26 Apr 2026
- Cube Camp in Jeju 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- Seoul Winter 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Korean Championship 2025 · 27 Dec 2025
- Uhseo Osong 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Korea Open 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Suwon Summer 2025 · 13 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Osan Summer 2025 · 29 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Korea Newcomers AM 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Happy Suseong 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Seoul Winter 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Brown Fall Seongnam 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Korean Championship 2024 · 15 Aug 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Ansan Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Korea Qualifier - Seoul B 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Prime Cubing Day Seoul 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Seoul Open 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Korean Championship 2023 · 15 Dec 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 78 rounds, finished ahead 52 times
- Geunyeong Lee (이근영) — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
- DongSoo Park (박동수) — met in 74 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.