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People → Republic of Korea → Jihan Kim (김지한)

People · Republic of Korea

Jihan Kim (김지한)

2×2 · top 12.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025KIMJ02

Jihan Kim (김지한) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.80, set at Ansan Favorites 2026, puts him in the top 12.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 354th in Republic of Korea. Across 7 competitions since February 2025, he has put 78 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.15 in February 2025 to 25.83, a 32% improvement. Jihan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 12.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.80
signature single · Ansan Favorites 2026
78
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
2×22.8010.15
top 12.0%354 / 2,319
Skewb7.4416.75
top 37.0%381 / 854
3×325.8330.57
top 54.4%2,736 / 4,352
Pyraminx10.6912.41
top 58.3%824 / 1,271

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

Anyang Haseyo 2025: 38.15Korea Newcomers PM 2025: 33.23Korea Open 2025: 25.83Ansan Favorites 2026: 29.49Seoul Spring 2026: 26.03Seoul Summer 2026: 26.1625.8338.158 Feb 202519 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 1.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.