People · United States
Jaeyoung Cho
3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022CHOJ03
Jaeyoung Cho has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.16, set at DFW Cubing Winter 2024, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 914th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2022, he has put 189 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.32 in November 2022 to 7.16, a 46% improvement. Jaeyoung 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 | 7.16 | 8.66 | top 1.5% | 914 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.06 | 17.49 | top 4.5% | 651 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 43.96 | 51.70 | top 17.0% | 2,581 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.35 | 4.17 | top 18.4% | 7,199 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 18.12 | 34.96 | top 23.7% | 1,563 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.85 | 9.69 | top 43.5% | 12,475 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 8.66 | 11.49 | top 46.1% | 8,147 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:06.08 | 2:21.16 | top 53.1% | 4,468 / 9,401 |
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
- 3 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Winter 2024.
- 16 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cube With Attention in Denton 2023.
- 17 Dec 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.65 at Cube With Intention in Denton 2022.
- 5 Nov 2022First competition: Houston Fall 2022. A 13.32 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Osan Summer 2025 · 29 Jun 2025
- DFW Cubing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Richardson Cubing Afternoon 2024 · 6 Jul 2024
- DFW Cubing Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube With Attention in Denton 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube With Intention in Denton 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Houston Fall 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matthew Bidwell — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Denniel Santos — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.