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JiYul Yeom (염지율)

Pyraminx · top 5.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023YEOM01

JiYul Yeom (염지율) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.44, set at Korean Championship 2024, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 89th in Republic of Korea. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2023, he has put 47 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.24 in May 2023 to 11.95, a 34% improvement. JiYul has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 5.2% of 129,321 all-time
3.44
signature single · Korean Championship 2024
47
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
Pyraminx3.444.29
top 5.2%89 / 1,271
3×311.9514.30
top 13.7%781 / 4,352
Megaminx1:12.811:16.86
top 17.3%121 / 524
4×452.611:01.57
top 27.9%499 / 1,308
Clock10.9413.51
top 29.8%200 / 536

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

Seoul Spring 2023: 18.24Seoul Open 2024: 11.9511.9518.247 May 20236 Jan 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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.