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People · Republic of Korea

Jinwoo Lee

2×2 · top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022LEEJ17

Jinwoo Lee has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.48, set at Berkeley Fall 2022, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 59th in Republic of Korea. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2022, he has put 136 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.84 in June 2022 to 9.11, a 29% improvement. Jinwoo has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.48
signature single · Berkeley Fall 2022
136
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
2×21.484.03
top 2.1%59 / 2,319
3×39.1113.30
top 5.1%302 / 4,352
3×3 one-handed17.7432.28
top 14.4%206 / 966
Pyraminx5.707.99
top 17.8%283 / 1,271
4×457.521:07.00
top 33.7%587 / 1,308
Skewb10.8712.39
top 60.1%555 / 854

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

Berkeley Summer 2022: 12.84Bay Area Speedcubin' 35 - Pacifica 2022: 15.42Berkeley Fall 2022: 14.16Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022: 12.04Berkeley Spring 2023: 11.84Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024: 13.58Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024: 9.119.1115.4211 Jun 202227 Apr 2024

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 0.48 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.