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Jihun Yang (양지훈)

2×2 · top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021YANG27

Jihun Yang (양지훈) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.33, set at Korean Championship 2023, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36th in Republic of Korea. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 44 competitions since December 2021, he has put 1,323 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.56 in December 2021 to 8.62, a 25% improvement. Jihun has entered 44 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.33
signature single · Korean Championship 2023
1,323
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
2×21.332.43
top 1.5%36 / 2,319
3×3 Fewest Moves21 moves23.33
top 1.5%4 / 173
Square-17.289.08
top 2.1%11 / 371
3×38.6211.18
top 4.0%236 / 4,352
4×433.2941.38
top 5.2%108 / 1,308
Skewb3.515.22
top 7.8%79 / 854
Pyraminx4.417.22
top 9.8%152 / 1,271
Megaminx1:00.301:08.49
top 10.2%69 / 524
5×51:08.761:10.52
top 10.7%113 / 716
6×62:17.002:23.67
top 18.9%89 / 329
3×3 one-handed20.2822.51
top 21.2%298 / 966
7×73:41.403:51.97
top 24.0%85 / 254
Clock10.5712.61
top 27.9%188 / 536
3×3 blindfolded2:30.71—
top 43.5%109 / 217
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 4 cubes · 36:27—
early days — 2 solves57 / 74
4×4 blindfolded21:23.00—
early days — 1 solve46 / 48

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

Korean Championship Mini 2021: 11.56Korean Spring 2022: 13.08Seoul Summer 2022: 11.98Korean Championship 2022: 10.20Cubing SimCheong Open 2022: 11.14Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 11.00Hamchang Open 2023: 11.84Korean Championship 2023: 8.62Daegu Cold Winter 2024: 10.73Busan Spring 2024: 12.04Korean Championship 2024: 12.06Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 12.07Hamchang Winter 2024: 10.19Happy Suseong 2025: 11.86Anyang Haseyo 2025: 10.91Daejeon Spring 2025: 11.10Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.67Korea Open 2025: 10.48We Laugh Pohanghang 2025: 9.75Kanto Autumn PM 2025: 10.11Okcheon Autumn Breeze 2025: 10.03Hamoye Jinju 2026: 11.15Uhseo Osong 2026: 10.36Korea Open 2026: 10.378.6213.0818 Dec 202115 Aug 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
  • A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 1.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.