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Jongwon Kook (국종원)

Clock · top 0.51% of 32,048 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023KOOK01

Jongwon Kook (국종원) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 2.78, set at All Rounders Katowice I 2026, puts him in the top 0.51% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Republic of Korea. Until March 2023, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since April 2023, he has put 1,402 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.91 in April 2023 to 7.26, a 68% improvement. Jongwon has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 0.51% of 32,048 all-time
2.78
signature single · All Rounders Katowice I 2026
1,402
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingRepublic of Korea
Clock2.783.63
top 0.51%3 / 536
Pyraminx1.863.53
top 0.92%18 / 1,271
2×21.253.01
top 1.2%28 / 2,319
3×37.269.43
top 1.6%102 / 4,352
Skewb2.793.79
top 4.0%45 / 854
4×433.1839.21
top 5.1%105 / 1,308
Megaminx54.151:02.36
top 7.1%54 / 524
3×3 one-handed14.8316.69
top 7.8%107 / 966
Square-112.1015.42
top 10.1%41 / 371
5×51:08.811:21.82
top 10.8%114 / 716
6×62:36.602:49.39
top 29.0%130 / 329
7×74:25.684:50.31
top 39.7%129 / 254
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves—
early days — 1 solve147 / 173
3×3 blindfolded5:54.78—
early days — 1 solve195 / 217

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

Daegu Hot Spring 2023: 22.91Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 16.91Suncheon Fall 2023: 14.80Hamchang Open 2023: 13.66SLS Styczeń 2024: 13.79Chorzów Open 2024: 12.55Busan Spring 2024: 11.46Silesian Cubing Pawłowice 2024: 9.13Norwegian Championship 2024: 11.53Hamchang Winter 2024: 12.58Seoul Winter 2024: 10.68Żory Open 2025: 8.54Daejeon Spring 2025: 8.81Osan Summer 2025: 10.85Polish Open 2025: 9.27Cube Factory League Final Łódź 2025: 7.90Żory Open 2026: 9.30Głuszyca Open 2026: 8.93Cubing Mine Rybnik IV 2026: 8.87All Rounders Katowice I 2026: 8.85Beskidy Cubing Days 2026: 8.97Żmigród Open 2026: 8.34Gniezno Open 2026: 7.26Stockholmsligan 7: Peber - 2026: 9.38All Rounders Katowice II 2026: 9.367.2622.9115 Apr 202315 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-2 Clock single — 17 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.